Rick-Meister wrote:

Bubba may have come on strong, but he is right on the money. Putting
money into this obsolete system is like asking an auto mechanic to do
a "quick" valve job on a car with 350,000 miles on the odometer.
You've gotten your money out of this unit. It's time to move on.

You really need to understand this part of the picture--leaks in an
A/C system don't just happen out of the clear blue. They happen when
components wear out. If you have a leak in a line, you've got a worn
out line--period.

Ok, so you don't like the current service guy. We get that. And the
price he gave you is crazy. So he's really telling you he doesn't want
to fix your old system. He's in a lose/lose situation. If he fixes it
and recharges it, it's just going to leak some other place and you'll
be complaining that his fix didn't last. You didn't like his advice.
You didn't like Bubba's advice. Other guys have demonstrated that
you're wasting money by repairing your old system. You don't like
their advice and you're still ragging on Bubba--all of which proves
that YOU'RE the one with the attitude problem.

You came here for advice. You got it. Either find some hack who will
patch a 25 year old worn out system for cheap, or buy a new unit. But
quit UR bitching.

Hear, Hear!