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Did my Mother overpay for a simple ethernet job?
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this post was submitted on 29 Nov 2023
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This isn’t a ridiculous price. Might be slightly high but not highway robbery.
More than slightly imo. Of course we don’t know how long of a run this was. But for a single Ethernet drop by itself anything over 250-300 to start is price gouging in my book.
You can't get a professional tradesperson to show up for the most basic job for $250 in much of the country anymore. That's just the truck roll cost to come out and start the job.
They never really answered the question of how long the installer was there, or what the invoice stated. They could have easily spent 2+ hours getting to the location, understanding the job, pulling the cable, cleaning up, etc. It might have been $900 for one, $1500 for six - in which case nobody would bat an eye.