Why do you have to pay people who come to your house but can't fix

[Maraya1969]

your problem?

My AC went out two nights ago. I waited till the morning to call someone because I didn't want to pay extra for a night call.

So this is what I have paid:

The first AC guy - $75.00 and he told me I needed to replace my entire system in the attic for $3,000....
The second AC guy - $89.00 to tell me he couldn't fix it and I needed to call an electrician.
The electrician - $150 to fix the problem last night
The electrician - $200 to finish fixing the problem today.
The electrician - $75 to put a "surge protector" to make sure the problem doesn't happen again.

$589.00 to fix what was a blown out wire! I don't know if I have the money in the bank, I just know I had the checks to give them. Now I have to scramble to get the money in there so they won't bounce. And of course I am going to get the money from my mother since she lived in an era when the father worked and they put money away for rainy days. Little did they know that they would have to pay for their kids rainy days also!

I suppose I could have paid with a credit card but damn! It was one wire that blew out. Thank God I had enough sense to pay for a second AC guy to get another opinion or I would have a $3,000 PLUS the extra money they would have charged to fix the original problem. And I would probably still be sitting here in the heat while they were ripping up my attic.

Oh and I had the second AC guy was here in MARCH who sold me a $500 service plan which I canceled the next day. (That is why I did not call them first.)

They really get you when you are sweating and miserable. I swear they take advantage of that. And I wonder what other people do who don't have the credit or the money in the bank! Do they just sit their while their house temperature climbs up past 80%? If they have asthma like me does any organization make sure they can get their AC working?

Damn!

EDIT: grammer