We wanted the existing cut over ripped up and replaced with the same exposed aggregate concrete that the rest of the driveway used, so it matched. He initially said it wouldn't be expensive - maybe $400 in extra material and not much in labour ripping up the cutover. Then he called the next day and increased the estimate. Then he tried to talk us out of it, I think because he didn't want the extra hassle. He tried to talk us out of the dark aggregate, but I wasn't going to spend the $1k with Metricon to change it now and neither of the other two standard options suit our bricks and roof selections.
All up he phoned me about 8 times before pouring the damn drive, trying to talk us out of ripping up the cutover, but eventually did it. He still hasn't given us an invoice so no idea what he is charging us!