purchased a gas cooktop and called for quote for gas hookup( gas line was already available) Would not quote over the phoneUpon arrival at the house the estimate was given to be $with a $discount for getting there name off SW gas website So they wanted $for one gas line hookup with gas line already availableIs this a ripoff or are there plumber really worth that much?
Attempted fraud is all I can thinkI am the president of a small HOAWe needed our sprinkler PVB (antibackflow valve) certifiedThe plumbers who did the testing said the valve failed the test and they would install a new one for $The same company had installed the original new valve years earlier for about $I spoke with the "service manager"He tried to convince me that the Phoenix water quality had destroyed the valve and it wasn't worth repairingI told him I thought that was a smoke screen
I did my homework and found I could buy the exact same valve at Home Depot for under $100, or I could buy a repair kit for about $Then I went to the valve and disassembled itIt looked pristine without any corrosion or slimeI reassembled the valve (assembly and reassembly only took me minutes, and I've never done it before)
Since I couldn't do the test or the certification required by the city, I contacted Western BackflowThey tested the valve, which passed without repair or adjustment and filed the certification with the City of PhoenixThe cost was $
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purchased a gas cooktop and called for quote for gas hookup( gas line was already available) Would not quote over the phoneUpon arrival at the house the estimate was given to be $with a $discount for getting there name off SW gas website So they wanted $for one gas line hookup with gas line already availableIs this a ripoff or are there plumber really worth that much?
Attempted fraud is all I can thinkI am the president of a small HOAWe needed our sprinkler PVB (antibackflow valve) certifiedThe plumbers who did the testing said the valve failed the test and they would install a new one for $The same company had installed the original new valve years earlier for about $I spoke with the "service manager"He tried to convince me that the Phoenix water quality had destroyed the valve and it wasn't worth repairingI told him I thought that was a smoke screen
I did my homework and found I could buy the exact same valve at Home Depot for under $100, or I could buy a repair kit for about $Then I went to the valve and disassembled itIt looked pristine without any corrosion or slimeI reassembled the valve (assembly and reassembly only took me minutes, and I've never done it before)
Since I couldn't do the test or the certification required by the city, I contacted Western BackflowThey tested the valve, which passed without repair or adjustment and filed the certification with the City of PhoenixThe cost was $
This company was recently bought by another companyThey may have been honest and reliable in the pastLook at the dates of the bad reviewsall in