Sting Team exposes a/c Techs ripping off consumers .

That's totally exceptional. I've have asked at least some money for gasoline and other expenses.

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I saw one of those TV news sting operations where a tech from a service company came in and found that the only thing wrong was the shunt pulled from the power disconnect. He plugged it back in and told them "No Charge, call us when you have a real problem, here's my card." ^_^

TDD

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Stormin Mormon
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It was probably a rerun.

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Bill

The original service call was from the 1970s, and used all the actors we used to love?

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It was probably a rerun.

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Stormin Mormon

Yes.. lol! Peace

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Bill

dino-MITE! Hey, Rerun. Lets go down to the corner and get us a couple malted?

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Yes.. lol! Peace

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Stormin Mormon

You're causing me flashes of Dragnet and Room 222 w/Karen Valentine...

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Bill

No need to thank me. I'm a professional.

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You're causing me flashes of Dragnet and Room 222 w/Karen Valentine...

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Stormin Mormon

Don't people thank you for your work (anymore)?

Are most of your customers mean and ornery?

Maybe people have changed. I still watch Andy Griffith sometimes (may he RIP).

Bill

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Bill

Very, very few people say thank you, more than a quick courtesy when the job is complete. I can only remember one thank you card in the last several years. And that was helping some church folks move house.

I like the Andy Griffith show, back when life was simple. People left the keys in the car, and the back door unlocked. A high crime and reign of terror was the hobo from the train, stealing a chicken and a pie. Got Barney all excited, and calling for tear gas, and machine guns.

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Don't people thank you for your work (anymore)?

Are most of your customers mean and ornery?

Maybe people have changed. I still watch Andy Griffith sometimes (may he RIP).

Bill

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Stormin Mormon

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Grumpy

Had an incident tonight. Came home from the beach and the A/C quit about an hour later. I opened the box and found a snake wrapped around the capacitor, contactor and control board, fried. It was a Rat Snake, about 15" long. I removed him and called the guy who did an installation here at this house last December. I don't carry parts anymore and have a limited amount of tools. I wanted him to give me a price on changing out the condensing unit. Before we bought this place, the owner replaced the inside furnace unit with a unit that will work on 410a & 22. They gave me a price of $1740.00 installed. This would give me a complete 410a unit and a decent warranty. Just wanted to report this under the subject heading which made a lot of folks look bad. I didn't say anything about the snake. He found a bad capacitor, changed it, charged me $75. These guys are as honest as the day is long. He came out tonight at 8 pm. It is 10:30 and cool inside now.

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John Rhosos

That was a darn good price for a service call and parts replacement. The larger service organizations can't do a service call that cheaply so it appears that you have an AC service tech you should stick with. ^_^

TDD

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The Daring Dufas

*ONLY* $75?? He's not going to be in business very long at that rate. That didn't even cover the actual costs of the service call, let alone the cost of the capacitor, or his time. This is a case of the customer ripping off the tech.
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Steve

You know of course that you can often get a capacitor for less than $5 or $6. I'm sure the tech charged what he thought was fair for the amount of work he did. $75-90 for a quickly diagnosed capacitor problem seems about right, depending on locale.

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Bill

A one or two horse company may do that for a good customer. Me and my late friend GB would charge little or nothing at times to old folks on a fixed income who needed repairs or even someone we knew who was having a hard time. We helped out one old fellow then his whole family started calling for repairs at full price. ^_^

TDD

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The Daring Dufas

With the exception of congress, free work often turns into paid work.

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A one or two horse company may do that for a good customer. Me and my late friend GB would charge little or nothing at times to old folks on a fixed income who needed repairs or even someone we knew who was having a hard time. We helped out one old fellow then his whole family started calling for repairs at full price. ^_^

TDD

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Stormin Mormon

You just live in the wrong place. Here, the folks offer you cold or hot drinks...Thank you for your work.. Some even offer alcoholic beverages... Never drink on the job! Your truck gets hung up on a snow drift..the closest farmer will light off his $480K John Deere and tow you to the nearest clear road.

Try showering regularly.. That might change the essence of things. ;-p

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PaxPerPoten

Nice to know that one of the millions who do get great service...does sit down and comment publicly about it. And absolutely the bad apples should be eliminated.

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PaxPerPoten

I would bet that when John orders a new instal...This fellow is locked in.

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PaxPerPoten

Service calls here, run from $85 to $120. Elderly and certain others get a $20 discount on call and 15% on work and parts. Some are free. I have been known to trade work for a feeder calf etc...Even a side of beef or Pork.

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PaxPerPoten

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