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Hi,

My wife had a plumber come out to hook up a new gas dryer. We have an
old one that broke, so all the lines are in place, it is just a matter
of disconnecting the old one and connnecting the new. No extras, like
hauling away the old dryer. The cost blew me away:

Disconnect dryer: $164.24
Install gas dryer: $282.25
Total: $446.49

This seems absoutely insane to me.

Did you at least have a good orgasm? I'd have thought $150 would be on the
high side. He may have had to change a fitting or two, but the time for
labor about 1 hour. Disconnecting should be just a few minutes to turn of a
valve and break open the union.

Total should be maybe $15 or parts, 1/2 hour travel time, 1 hour labor. My
plumber charges $65 an hour in a small town. Maybe yours was a congressman
or something because a regular, no matter how shady, could not screw you as
much as a politician.