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Did my Mother overpay for a simple ethernet job? (alien.top)
submitted 2 years ago by [B] to c/homenetworking@selfhosted.forum
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My Mother hired a licensed electrician to install 1 ethernet drop in her home office. She already had a preexisting tp-link setup in the basement. She showed me the invoice today which totaled $958.00! I'm shocked and disgusted. Feels like they took advantage of my Mother.

I told my Mother to call them first thing tomorrow morning to see if they possibly made a mistake. If not, I advised her to never do business with that company again. This seems like highway robbery. Is there anything else she can do?

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[–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

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.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    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.

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