Why anyone goes there for installed items is beyond me. Is it so difficult
to open the yellow pages (a phone book with yellow paper in it) and find a
locally owned contractor?
When I was Contracting I never charged to look at a job and give them a
quote. The big box stores prices really aren't that good to justify charging
to measure. There a ton of Mom And Pop carpet and flooring stores, the one
thing they do have is real service.