[lit-ideas] Re: You don't say.....
- From: Erin Holder <erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 18:52:12 -0400
Oh, why bother getting it fixed at all? When mine went out I slept on the
kitchen table with the screen door to the back patio open for what little
breeze there was. If you've never slept on your kitchen table, you should try
it. It's...hard.
Erin
Toronto
Quoting JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx:
> Couple years ago in the middle of 130 degree summer days, our a/c went out
>
> entirely. Called the best-known most reputable company in town. Quoted me
>
> $2500 for a new compressor. Next day called a mom & pop type single owner
>
> business for a second opinion. He put in a $25 part and it's been working
> fine
> ever since.
>
> Julie Krueger
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> say..... Date: 4/15/05 5:01:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time From:
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> Paul Stone:
> > 3) I had a furnace problem last September and had to call an HVAC dude
> > (are
> > you listening MIKE?) to come and do some work. After futzing around for
> 3
> > hours, he had the problem licked. Just as he was writing up the bill,
> his
> > cell-phone rang and he sat on the steps of MY house talking about
> someone
> > else's job for 12 minutes. After he hung up, he looked at his watch and
> > filled in his hours. At 80 dollars an hour, he over-charged me a full 15
> > minutes which is 20 dollars of MY money. Now, I complained and got him
> to
> > reduce his bill, but it's the principle of the thing.
>
>
>
> Bitch, bitch, bitch. If it had been me I would have thanked you profusely
>
> for pointing out the error. Then I'd have scratched out the twelve minutes,
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> re-computed the bill at $100 an hour -- the new rate!! And thanked you
> again.
>
> He was obviously not a very good technician if he could only get 3 hours out
>
> of a service call. And you're telling me he fixed it without selling you a
>
> new $500 heat exchanger that if you didn't replace that day would probably
>
> kill you that night with carbon monoxide -- the silent, scentless killer?
> He's a discredit to the profession.
>
> In fact I often get calls from people who've been told that they need a new
>
> compressor or heat exchanger or a whole new system. They're embarrassed to
>
> admit they want a second opinion as if I might take it as a slight against
>
> my trade. More often than I'd like to admit, the first company was either
>
> wrong or was lying. It's possible, of course, to misdiagnose a problem, but
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> I've seen cases where there was simply no freon in the unit and the AC guy
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> told them they need a new compressor. $1000 please instead of $200. Nice
>
> work if you can get it.
>
> BTW, I charge $65 an hour US, that's $80.45 Canadian according to my
> calculator. Gas is getting so expensive that I'm seriously thinking of
> raising my rates to $68 soon ($84.52 Canadian) and I'll still be $3 or $4
> under the big boys. You don't have to pay it, you know. You can always
> choose to be hot or cold as the case may be. I always apologize when I give
>
> a bill to someone. Christ, I wouldn't pay that, I keep thinking. But they
>
> always do, and gladly. So strange.
>
> Your complaint about business ethics and Phil's Amen, seem short-sighted to
>
> me. Why not celebrate it as the triumph of Capitalism that it is.
>
> Mike Geary
> Atlas Air Conditioning Company
> Strongest in Knowledge
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> Memphis
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