AC Repair conundrum

So -for an hourly rate of 4 beers an hour- I will move you and the Family in next door… we are going to be great Neighbors!

 

Is it normal for service companies to send other service companies on their behalf? Without notifying the customer first. This happened to us Yesterday. The company that was originally called charged a service fee for the tech to come out, and the tech demanded a separate service fee to diagnose the problem. He was at first refusing to take a credit card. Cash or check only.

 

Nope. That's not normal.

 

Ya think? Holy shit can you imagine? You know how incompetent 60% if the trade is.

I won’t even send a tech out solo until a lead tech or my partner rides right seat for long enough to co-sign him. I can’t fathom handing off a client like that.

 

Maybe he's on the first vendor's nope list?

 

Commercial?

 

Residential. My wife dealt with this. I wasn't home. He wanted payment up front (check/cash) for a new blower motor, UV light bulb, and cleaning. $1825. He took about 45 seconds to do his troubleshooting and then went to his ipad to write an estimate. The unit is 6 years old.

 

NO…Would not sign anything like that…much less pay for it…

 

Hey I need to allocate some $ for my AC which will die before too long. Whats a ballpark estimate for replacing the central AC in the midwest? Single family 3 bed 2000 ish sq ft, house built in '86 I think.

 

assuming a new furnace, coil and condenser, 10-15k.