a few hundred bucks?!!! where are you going? my guy charges $70 and youre in and out in under 15 minutes (unless youre required to have an EKG based on age). this guy is in south Jersey and i hear people fly in from a long way away just to get their class 1 from him, hes that cool...

Also i believe its acceptable and a standard practice to put "yes" on the application for having a class 1 before you get it, as long as you have it when you show up to the interview