re: Adding another return air vent

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Said it would cost $350 (not a tigerdroppings joke) regardless of if we did it while they were installing the new system or if we decided to add it in the future.

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I find that hard to believe someone is going to come out and run duct work in your attic for $350. They must be talking about putting a return that's a couple of feet away from where it needs to go in the attic, and even then, that seems cheap.

$1295 seems a bit high, but $350 sounds way too low.

Be up front with them. Ask them how long is it going to take. They tell you maybe 2-3 hours, just assume half a day worth of labor. Then ask them how much they charge an hour. I have no idea what that is, but i'd have to guess it's got to be around $100/hr.

I had a plumber quote me almost $2K to run a 3/4" pipe to my stove. Only needed about 30 feet of pipe and 3 elbows, and the connection and valve was already available and easily accessible. He called me back not too long ago asking about the quote and i told him i looked up the price for the parts and it was well under $200, and you said this would take a half a day at most, so why the hell are you charging me $400/hr for your work? He tried to backtrack and say he had to charge for a full day and other excuses and i ended up hanging up on him for being a lying greedy sack of shite.