Barry,
I certainly wasn't throwing shade at you.
I have been in the same boat with a couple of repairs.
One was the recent 1970's Yamaha. I quoted a price, and only raised it by 50 dollars even though it needed a complete re-fret, after the neck reset.
The owner was really emotionally attached to the guitar, other wise I would have told him it wasn't really worth the price of repair.
Another is a neck that needed a new fretboard. Someone had tried to file scallops into the original, with really bad results.
I am still in the refinishing stage with that one.
Repairs are a tricky thing some days.
I need your help. I can't possibly make all the mistakes myself!