Obviously you are one of the rip off plumbers yourself. No right thinking
person would think this is a proper charge.

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"Pat" wrote in message
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I think it's a fair price.

You don't deserve any of the normal breaks that a customer gets for
being a long-time customer or having a lot of work to do. Travel time
is the same if he is there for 5 minutes or for 4 hours. Plus there's
probably a PITA surcharge from the sounds of it.

Figure a $100 fee for a service call plus $90/hour for a 4 hour
minimum (including travel) plus parts. Not too bad for a big city.
You're not going to get this done for $50.

Next time, have him supply the faucet and you'll probably get the
whole thing done for the same price.