Thank you, ceasesmith, for sharing your experience with this MSC! Personally, I think you did everything within your power to ascertain the truth before doing this shop and still got burned by a less-than-honest scheduler. I would not beat myself up over this at all, since none of it was your fault.
After all, we, as ICs, only have the information provided by the scheduler, guidelines, and MSC to formulate an idea of what a shop entails. THEY have a responsibility to provide an accurate scope of work to be performed and we have a responsibility to do the work as outlined. If the scheduler or MSC lies to us, then they have broken their contractual agreement and should be held accountable. If they cannot be held accountable thru the legal system due to the low dollar amount in question, then they certainly should be held accountable thru the court of public opinion -- mainly our forum.
I, for one, will not do any work for this MSC based on your experience and I very much appreciate your sharing the experience with all of us!
"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl -- year after year..."