PJ:
If you've worked in shops doing alignments, you would know more about this than I do. I can say that I always call ahead and ask the price of an alignment, have never been asked if this is the vehicle's first re-alignment. I've seen the new shims in the suspension, so I expect caster/camber were adjusted.
I expect the knockouts are a factory assembly cost-savings step, not intended to increase later cost of service. Why would any company want that kind of black eye? I'm reminded of the Chrysler cars in the mid-70's that had no grease zerks on the front suspension- remember those? At the first lube job you had to pay the shop to install them and the cost varied widely.
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