i never had to pay to get into the ones ive been to....i call see if they have the part if they know then they tell me if they dont know then they say that flat out...one time they even held a part for a month for me because i couldnt make it up with my class schedule, never heard of paying to get in though...around here i can just walk into their main office and then they just let us walk around for the parts we need or let us know exactly where the car is so we can go straight there