We had Whipple Plumbing and Heating and air coming by to give us "free" "tune-ups." They aren't really free–they end up being about $20 each. They aren't really tune-ups–they are actually "let us come and tell you how we can charge you for things."
The furnace guy was great. He said, "I'd just keep using your furnace until it is too loud or not working."
The electrician said, "What's an electric tune-up? I don't know why my company has them." I agreed and he just asked me if I had any problems. I told him I didn't and asked a few questions.
The AC guy said, "Your filter is too small, here's a new one. Oh, and your air conditioner could go out any day. I wouldn't worry about it until it doesn't work.
The plumber came and everything was a problem. The work he quoted us would cost around $5000. One of the items on the list was a rebuild of our toilet tanks at $314 per toilet. The filler valve was a little loud in one, but after he left it was having lots of problems. It became unbearable but instead of calling the plumber, I spent $10 at the BJ plumbing and took less than 30 minutes to replace the items in the tank.
Ben 1, Plumber 0
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Uh, yeah, those tune-ups were pretty lame.
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