I called with a fairly common and minor problem, and the tech new exactly what it was. Our house is about 4 miles from the shop. Repair man brought the $10 fuse with him and charged us $30 for it. Then charged us $59 for the service call and $60 to plug it into the socket! Took him less than 10 minutes because we moved the dryer out and had it ready for him. I would never call these cheats again even if they would come for free. They couldn't even give us their price for the part! I checked this part all over the internet, and it goes for as little as $4 BRAND NEW! I thought I was doing a good thing by calling a neighborhood shop but I might as well have had Mr. Maytag himself come out. Unbelievable.
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