On 6/2/2021 7:54 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
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Any "deal" on service is a sales call at best and could be a scam.
Generally speaking it costs about $100 for them to get out of their
truck for a service call. I am suspicious if the offer is much less
than that. I am certainly not going in the house for anything while
they are there.
Fortunately I do know some guys so I don't have to deal with
strangers. They still get $100 from me, usually cash. The rest is
between them, their wife and the IRS. ;-)



I got ripped off by a company that adertises on the local TV station.
Was told it was $ 95 for them to come out.. OK no problem. The man was
there for about 1 minuite and said it was a bad capacitor. Cost about
$ 300 to get it replaced that took about 5 minuits. System worked fine
for several years and I had ordered the capacitor from Ebay for about $
15 to replace it the next time it went out.


Sounds like the guys in the Orange Trucks. Many of these outfits are
urged to up sell.