Engine builders...this machining cost sound excessive?

The owner called to tell me my block was finished. I showed up two hours later to pick it up and pay the balance. He was extremely grateful for me getting there so quickly.

He said a guy came in with "emergency" work and begged him to get it done. So he moved it to the front of the line and got it done. He was still waiting three days later for the guy to pick it up!