The Brink of Insanity

   

We called a plumber the other day.  The faucet in the shower was dripping and wouldn’t stop.

 

There is a plumbing supply place not too far from us called Brinker’s, so we called them.  It cost $69.00 just to have the guy show up at the door.

 

We showed him what we needed and he went out to his truck and came back with a new faucet. 

 

How much is it? We asked.

 

“It’s $300.00”

 

Yikes!  We replied.

 

“That doesn’t include the cost of installing it” says the plumber.

 

What does the total job cost?

 

(Here’s the part where he spends 9 minutes using his I,I,I pad to figure it out). 

 

“I can do it for $800.00”

 

It’s just a dripping faucet.

 

“Well it’s $800.00”

 

We sent him away (with our check for $69.00) and went to the hardware store and bought the same new fixture the plumber showed us.  It was $89.00 instead of his $300.00

 

This weekend we will attempt to remove and replace the thing ourselves.

 

Hey…

 

 

What’s the worse that can happen?

 

 

Faucet with Leak