"Pat in Atlanta" wrote in message
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I'm the person who asked about how much a plumber would usually charge to
replace an existing faucet in a tub/shower with the customer providing the
fixture. He said they don't charge by the hour but by the job and this
would cost $400.

My husband's in the wrong business.



I got three quotes for the exact same work, involving the replacement of
some iron pipe in my basement with PVC. This was not emergency work - they
could've planned it any way they want. The numbers:

$1900.00
$1400.00
$ 550.00

What's interesting is that the guy who provided the middle number did pretty
much the same job in my previous home for around $600.00 two years ago. His
explanation for the difference: "Travel charges - I was already at your
house for something else". Eight hundred in travel charges? The guy lives a
mile away, not in South America!

They charge whatever they want.