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<blockquote data-quote="alnpar" data-source="post: 4031082" data-attributes="member: 51084">Yup. I had a water leak under the drain of my tub. You can get to easy in the crawl space. Large Plumbing service came out, looked at it and said that is old plumbing (house built in 1955) has 1.5 inch drain going into a 2 inch pipe.&nbsp; Will have top replace everything. $900.&nbsp; He was here 10 and no more than 15 mins. NO THANKS.&nbsp; OK here is the bill for $100 for the call out and estimate fee.&nbsp; NOPE not going to pay for a ridiculous estimate and a$100 do do nothing but look at it. If you are going to charge for estimates, you need to tell before you come out.&nbsp; I went to hardware store, got a rubber boot 1.5 to 2 inch, and two hose clamps. $4.75.&nbsp; Took me 10 mins to fix.That was 20 years ago and still working! Heck, I could make a fortune charging $50 for estimates and overprice materials and labor and do nothing because I don&#039;t want to work!&nbsp; And I&#039;d bet most people would go ahead and pay!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="alnpar, post: 4031082, member: 51084"] Yup. I had a water leak under the drain of my tub. You can get to easy in the crawl space. Large Plumbing service came out, looked at it and said that is old plumbing (house built in 1955) has 1.5 inch drain going into a 2 inch pipe. Will have top replace everything. $900. He was here 10 and no more than 15 mins. NO THANKS. OK here is the bill for $100 for the call out and estimate fee. NOPE not going to pay for a ridiculous estimate and a$100 do do nothing but look at it. If you are going to charge for estimates, you need to tell before you come out. I went to hardware store, got a rubber boot 1.5 to 2 inch, and two hose clamps. $4.75. Took me 10 mins to fix. That was 20 years ago and still working! Heck, I could make a fortune charging $50 for estimates and overprice materials and labor and do nothing because I don't want to work! And I'd bet most people would go ahead and pay! [/QUOTE]

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