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Originally Posted by Mr. Zipper
I just can't see how charging someone thousands of dollars to appear in court to deliver what is likely be meaningless drivel with some forensics degrees as window dressing is in any way admirable. He is just further soaking some poor sap.
Regarding tit for tat... you are the one that brought the TPAs into it.  |
First of all, if he is subpoenaed as a percipient witness to testify about what he did to authenticate a specific item he doesn't have to be paid. A litigant would hire his own whore to testify (we call expert retention "whore shopping"). Second, if he ever testifies he could be gutted and filleted on cross with his record of screw ups which will be the end of him. Third, at least in Los Angeles an expert would charge upwards of $300 an hour for work and a premium rate for testimony, so a $10000 contract for looking over hundreds of items is not a headspinning number, especially since the article says the fee includes testimony so Drew has to work for free if there is a case. Without commenting on work quality, the actual contract is relatively cheap