If I buy a re-manufactured unit I can do it for less than $200. They want $400 alone for a new starter, and are already charging me $115 to say that I need a new starter and until they put one in they can't be sure what the problem is. How hard is it to check the flywheel anyway.
I have a few things I can check before it goes anywhere, and I will try to reason with them to allow me to do the labor myself without moving it.
Time is a luxury right now.