Originally Posted by supton
I dunno, I guess I was expecting them to find a badly stretched chain and worn gears, and recommend their replacement, without me asking--they're supposed to know be able to find this on their own, aren't they?
O.K. you really showed them. You went to the trouble of taking your bike in, were without it for however long they worked on it, and got it back with some known problems still not fixed because you didn't want to tell them the things that were bothering you and were testing them. Great you win. Your prize is you still have a worn, short chain and cassette you need to replace.
And generally, as far as I've seen, a tune up consists of adjustments, but no hardware replacement.