A short story about being carful...
I
recently spoke with a woman that called us after she had used
another contractor and "felt" something was not right. She had
two components replaced on her rooftop cooling
unit that cost her $623.00. She thought the
cost was very high and called us to see if she was right. Our cost
would have been under $165.00. She then called her bank and within
one hour,
the check had already been cashed! What does that tell you? Don’t
let this happen to you. The example above is one of “those” companies.
They did not charge normal trade price for the services rendered
but rather “price
gouged” the client. Let me be perfectly clear on repair pricing.
Any A/C service company sets their individual pricing level based
upon
their individual
overhead
so
prices will
very, but there is a reasonable level and these “price gougers” go
way over that.
Additionally did you know that some service companies
pay their technicians on commission? The more parts replaced,
the more the
technician is paid. This is OK if the technician you get is honest.
However, to me this system does not promote honesty but rather
dishonesty. Just my opinion.
Looking at the other side, if you are “shopping” around
for only “price” then many times you will usually
find someone to do it for less; less quality, less warranty (if
any)
and, oh yes, less cost. If you are a gambler, you may get “lucky” and
find a good deal. However, being a smart consumer, if the
price seems too good, it probably is.
I
would like you to use Trustworthy for your air conditioning & heating
needs, but the whole purpose of all the above verbiage is; use
someone you can trust and are comfortable with. If that’s
us, great, if it’s someone else, great, just make sure they
treat you right, you deserve it!
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