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Depends on where you are, but for $2500-$3000 you should be getting door jambs and the radiator support and edges of the fenders, but not the engine bay. They should also be removing things like door handles, taillights, window squeegies, etc. Dents should be taken care of, make sure to go over them with the shop before hand. I agree with Infinite here, also make sure they wetsand and buff the car before delivery to rid it of orange peel. And I don't expect them to be doing any stripping unless the old paint has serious problems or the car has been painted multiple times.
And infinitexsound, I'd not doubting your knowledge, but there is more than 1 technique when painting a car, and yes, when I am doing show quality work, I take my primer down from 400, to 600, then to 1000 grit. Call me a perfectionist if you want, but when a customer is paying $10,000 for a job, I try to give them what they pay for. I work at a custom shop, Kandys are our specialty, but we'll do whatever the customer is willing to pay for, down to fabricating suicide hinges for a 300C. I was merely answering your question when you asked why the hell anyone would sand primer with 1000 grit. Just because you don't, doesn't mean the people that do are wrong.
And Ritz, you can go over 320 grit with basecoat and still cover fine with most colors. Using a fine grit sandpaper will NOT warp the metal, if it did, it would make wetsanding the top coat a problem since often times it is block sanded by hand going from 600 grit all the way to 1500 grit, then buffed.
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