r/inflation

Recently, I bought a portable generator. I paid around $1000 for it. I did not know that I needed to hire an electrician to an install a special connector from the electrical box inside my basement to the outside for the generator to connect to.

So I got two local estimates from two electricians. The first came over and looked around and emailed me a quote for $1100 with no breakdown of what those costs were. The second guy came over took a bunch of pictures of my generator in my electrical box and then wrote up a detailed quote for $2100 of which 700 labor. I’m in Connecticut so I understand maybe labor is inflated a little bit. So I hired the first guy in the labor took Max three hours so let’s call it at $150 an hour or $450. the parts would cover the balance. Which means that the second guy quoting me $700 of labor for the same three hours worth of work was charging almost $250 an hour for labor. How is this not a crime? All these people are supposed to be licensed in someway isn’t there any regulatory body looking at what these idiots are charging? It’s beyond frustrating.

TL; DW: Yes. Yes, they are. Because Bezos is an anti-small business, parasitic POS.