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Posted by on August 15, 2007, 5:45 pm
freind s 5 ton ac went out last wed.they had about 7 ac
companies come to give estimate, they all said unit was 20 years old and
wouldnt fix the leak.estimates were about 5000.00 and not a good time
for my freind to spend that much . its getting pretty bad when you cant
get a leak fixed..sunday i went to napa,got a ac compression fitting ,
cut out the bad part ,put it on,vacumed and recharged. i realize its an
old system,but i think you should be able to have a leak fixed if you
want with no guarantee. lucas
http://www.minibite.com/america/malone.htm
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Posted by George on August 15, 2007, 6:27 pm
ds549@webtv.net wrote:
> freind s 5 ton ac went out last wed.they had about 7 ac
> companies come to give estimate, they all said unit was 20 years old and
> wouldnt fix the leak.estimates were about 5000.00 and not a good time
> for my freind to spend that much . its getting pretty bad when you cant
> get a leak fixed..sunday i went to napa,got a ac compression fitting ,
> cut out the bad part ,put it on,vacumed and recharged. i realize its an
> old system,but i think you should be able to have a leak fixed if you
> want with no guarantee. lucas
>
> http://www.minibite.com/america/malone.htm
>
And if someone did fix the leak and the 20 year system failed after a
short period your friend would be calling the AG and every TV station
about those evil businesses that charge for repairs that didn't hold up.
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Posted by on August 15, 2007, 6:34 pm
> freind s 5 ton ac went out last wed.they had about 7 ac
> companies come to give estimate, they all said unit was 20 years old and
> wouldnt fix the leak.estimates were about 5000.00 and not a good time
> for my freind to spend that much . its getting pretty bad when you cant
> get a leak fixed..sunday i went to napa,got a ac compression fitting ,
> cut out the bad part ,put it on,vacumed and recharged. i realize its an
> old system,but i think you should be able to have a leak fixed if you
> want with no guarantee. lucas
So why didn't you fix it in the first place?
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Posted by Richard J Kinch on August 15, 2007, 6:55 pm
> i realize its an
> old system,but i think you should be able to have a leak fixed if you
> want with no guarantee.
Trade licensing essentially outlaws minor repairs by making it difficult
to enter the trade, restricting supply and raising costs. Thus the
market provides only more expensive repair methods (such as remove-and-
replace) even though a cheap, quick fix like your leak repair may be
well worth doing.
In other words, the licensed contractors stand to collect $5K installing
$1.5K worth of equipment, because they've colluded and licensed
themselves into an agreement to fleece you by that much. They will
justify such markups in their minds by the apparent costs of these self-
imposed restraints, rather than being honest with themselves that they
are running a legal racketeering organization. Anyone who tries to
operate more efficiently is forbidden a license and forcibly stopped if
operating unlicensed.
This is the trade licensing scam. You should be able to run an A/C
business without such artificial barriers to entry. Let those that want
to "protect the consumer" certify contractors who meet technical
standards, but don't force the uncertified from doing business. The
consumer can choose whether to hire certified contractors. This is
basic economic freedom. The US is quite unfree, a police state, in this
regard.
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Posted by Caesar Romano on August 15, 2007, 7:14 pm
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:55:41 -0500, Richard J Kinch
>The US is quite unfree, a police state, in this
>regard.
And in many other regards too.
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