My mother, widowed, lives in the small town of Beverly Hills, FL which is about 20 miles west of Ocala. Yesterday she had a local plumber come to her house because she had a leaky toilet. She told me she was going to call a plumber and I thought that was the right thing to do.
I spoke to her last evening, and she told me she was charged just under $350 to repair a leaky toilet!!!!! The plumber presented her with different options on rebuilding the toilet and she chose from the list. Now, she knew the cost upfront, and had agreed to pay it, but it will take a lot to convince me that anyone deserves to be paid $290 for one hour of work to replace a tank seal and a fill valve.
I spoke to the plumber and they informed me they price based on national averages. BS I say!!! I'll say it again, $290 to replace a fill valve and tank seal is highway robbery. And a service charge of $60 on top of that to boot.
I contacted one of the large plumbers here in the Atlanta area, and their charge for the same is $149.60 with no service charge. A number like that is what I expected.
Needless to say, I'm outraged.
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Am I out of line?