Paint Question..., so expensive...why? Options

[Raek]

ok, so i'm going around getting quotes from a bunch of diff places.

i'd like to get my whole car resprayed. i only have a couple of TINY areas that need bodywork, but the rest of the car is smooth and such...

my passenger side from the bumper to the end of the front door has really small cracks up the whoooole side. it loks like it's UNDER the paint...which sucks, cause the clear coat is still nice and shiny.

there's rust by the 3rd break light, so that MOS DEF needs repair...

and, that's the major stuff.

the other stuff is just wear and tear from 5 years of driving. the underside has plenty of rock chips. the front bumper, fenders and hood have more than plenty of rock chips...

now...places are quoting me 2500 - 3000 bucks to do the whole car. why?

i'm seeing some of you guys saying that it's only like 1000 - 1500 bucks to do it.

wtf?