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Skriven 2007-05-18 13:45:20 av Charles Scaglione (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 32232 av JAY EMRIE (1:123/140)
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JAY EMRIE -> CHARLES SCAGLIONE wrote:

Hi Jay:
 CS>> Too bad you're not closer to me.  Sounds like you had some good
 JE> donations that could have gone to our ministry.  We could always
 JE> use more folding tables.

 JE> You misunderstood. No folding tables are going away from family. One
 JE> is my sons and  the other is mine - I think I will just fold it up
 JE> and store it away in order to prevent things from accumulating on its
 JE> top.

OK.  I understand now, I too have stuff in my garage and in the loft above the
garage.  One of these days I need to go on a cleaning binge.

 CS>> Lucky you. :)  Have you priced good computer hutches at your local
 JE> furniture store lately?  I was in the market for one several
 JE> years ago until I saw what the going price was for one that I
 JE> liked.  Would you believe over $1000.00!  I decided to keep my old
 JE> reliable Sears executive desk instead.

 JE> Right now I am using an old executive office desk also.

 CS>> That's what we did.  We ran metal encased 12/3 romex from the box
 JE> through an already existing opening in the building outer wall to
 JE> where we installed the air unit.  The real challenge was finding a
 JE> double 30 amp breaker unit to fit in the old box.  The breaker
 JE> type used in that box is at least 35 years old. Since we are
 JE> leasing we did not want to go the cost of replacing the entire box
 JE> with a new one and breakers. That would have cost well over
 JE> $500.00.

 JE> Everything is outrageous now days. The contacter in my AC compressor
 JE> unit stuck. The AC repairman charged me not only the $50.00 service
 JE> call, but a $10.oo fuel charge and then $125.00 for a new contactor.
 JE> That last bit really ticked me off, cause I know the contactor should
 JE> be only $25-$50.

What would have ticked me off was the fuel charge.  They should have just
raised the cost of their service call from $50 to $60 instead of needling
people with a "fuel charge".  As for the price of the part he replaced, sounds
like they're trying to make money from parts replacements.  I've had AC service
people tell me all sorts of things to get me to replace parts.  Those are the
ones I never do business with again.  Lucky you didn't need Freon.  At $70 per
LB, the bill can add up very quickly.

Regards.

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