I did finally use the alteration service to have my son's latest ROTC uniform pants hemmed. I will never do them myself again!
The pants were done as scheduled - we even had time to have the uniform dry cleaned before it was needed. The hemming is perfect (ROTC rules don't allow cutting the pants, since they'll eventually be issued to someone else).
And I felt the price ($10) was more than fair.
I'm definitely never going to even THINK about altering clothing myself ever again.
From here out, Eldorado Cleaners will be doing all my drying cleaning AND my alterations!