A $75+ charge just to show up. The job was to just hook up a new gas clothes dryer. This job is at best 20 minutes worth of work. It only required the tightening a flexible gas line from the valve on the wall to the dryer. The tech said the supplied gas line was not appropriate that he may have one on the truck and he would check and come back with a quote. He also said using the gas line he supplies would eliminate the need for a valve change saving us hundreds of dollars. Then he returned with a quote of $340 for a job most teenagers could do. Even if the fittings did not match it would not require the work that was proposed. After protesting he called the service manager on the cell phone who reduced the quote $70. Other plumbers quotes were $95 for labor and the part is $20 at Home Depot. Where is the the difference from $340 or $270 to the $115. Can you say Price Gouging! The tech was always trying to justify the guarantee and then tried to sell stainless steel hoses for the washer with fear tactics of broken hoses and flooded floors. This company is into fleecing people of their money and with highly inflated pricing.
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