It's been my experience that any mechanic shop you go to is going to present to you your options for repairing or replacing parts--the pitch. You always have a choice when you go into a shop, you can do preventative maintenance or you can repair something once it's broken and that's the difference between what NEEDS to be repaired and what SHOULD BE repaired.
Mike at Just Brakes did a great job of laying out my options for me, informing me on what needed to be repaired vs. what should be repaired. My interaction with Mike didn't make me feel pressured to make a decision one way or the other, instead I felt like an informed consumer.
In the end, I chose to repair a few things that were suggested and others I did not. What I did get repaired was done well at a very good price. Down the line, I might have to pay more for something that I chose not to repair today but that's the risk. If I do need a repair in the future though, I will come back to this shop.