On 11/20/2004 3:27 AM US(ET), NWM took fingers to keys, and typed the
following:
On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 23:37:39 -0600, "TURTLE"
wrote:
"NWM" wrote in message
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Turtle et al.:
Second service call was much better. He actually took apart
everything, scrubbed and vacuumed everything and only had to replace
one part, the copper wire to the pilot light. Took only an Hour. The
bill was 186 bucks:78 for the service call which included 1/2 hour and
70 bucks for for 1/2 hour of additional labor and 25 for one part.He
wasn't a crook like the other guy who told me it would take 4-5 hours
to take everything apart, and perhaps cost me 1000. I doubted your
claims turtle but you were right on the money
The second guy quoted 3000 for a new 80 percent furnace. He never even
pushed it. He only told me after I asked. I asked him whether he
detected any holes rusted through, and he said no, not that he could
see with the naked eye, but he would have to turn it on and see what
the flames did. He said everything was fine, just old. He even gave me
turorial on how the limit timer worked , and explained the reason it
didn't work before was the burner was all clogged up and wasn't
producing enough heat. Nithing corroded in the lmit timer. All I need
now was a 16x25 filter.
Well what a relief. Found an honest service tech. I will actually
think about him during Thanksgiving.
Happy Holidays
This is Turtle.
I just had to mouth off here for it ruffled my feathers to see a scam artist
like this do it to the public. Now i will say you need to have it cleaned just a
little more than every 20 years. I would say about 5 years being the max. time
to go without a good cleaning. Like others have said here. keep his number in
your roller dex to call when you have trouble. Also you know who to call when
you have trouble now on.
Now if You want Give me his address and Phone number and I will come over there
and kick his ass. I can't stand theif's working in this business.
TURTLE
SOme more to chew on. Crook took off the lid to the filter and blower
and told me "Look, the filter is stuck to the blower and so the blower
needs to be replaced" He didn't even bother to take 2 seconds out of
his life to remove the filter to see it wasn't actually irreversibly
fused and melded to the blower, to form a bliter, as he claimed.
Well, honest guy just took the filter off and told me "This needs to
be checked once a month. If the filter does not look like it did when
you bought it, replace it. Go to Home Depot or Lowe's and get a
16x25." He meant the filter needs to be replaced, not the entire
blower. Very strange. He never mentioned the entire blower needed to
be chucked.
Also, the crook spent 10 seconds trying to take the burner plate
off, but it got stuck so he gave up and told me it would take 4-5
hours and tons of money to clean and replace parts, so might as well
spend a lot more for a new furnace.Lazy low-rent Asshole. Honest guy
took about 5-10 minutes unscrewing and undoing nuts , shutting off the
gas first then unscrewing the pipe with a variety of screwdrivers and
wrenches to get the plate out. He wasn't happy but he did it. In the
beginning, while he was doing this, I was anticipating lots of things
he could rip me off on as he furiously used the various wrenches and
screwdrivers and plain old muscle power. Never did. As the hour went
by, I dismissed my suspicions .Total Pro.
I'll consider the 143 bucks the crook charged me for doing absolutely
nothing in 10 minutes as tuition for learning about crooks and pros.
Happy Holdays
Was the good guy an independent contractor, or was he an employee of
someone else?
If either, I would have given him a nice tip, the amount depending upon
the question I asked.
I tip everyone who works at, or delivers to, my house.
Not only is it a reward for doing a good job, it sometimes helps to move
you up on the list the next time you need them. Besides, people are
friendlier when they know you tip well.
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