Many professions thrive off people’s ignorance to one degree or another, but Whipple takes it s step further and thrives off people’s strongest emotion: fear. I’ve used Whipple on occasion throughout the years for one thing or another. Unclogging drains ($200/pop), annual furnace tune-ups (varies, but around $100 with coupon), etc. Recently, I had an issue with my furnace. Whipple came out to take a look, and sure enough, it was supposedly leaking carbon monoxide into my house. The guy was friendly and all, but of course laid on the guilt that I was putting my family’s life in danger. The diagnosis: a new furnace (of course!). And the good news was, they had one in stock and could install it the next day!
I ended up getting a second opinion and sure enough, I did not need a new furnace. Just a repair. The other place (not going to name names because I don’t want it to sound like I work for someone else) charged me about $200 and that was that. No new $3,000 furnace needed.
Do yourself a favor an avoid Whipple. And just to be safe, count your fingers after shaking hands with them.
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