Pompom
New Member
Hello
I live in New England (and it's been cold) in a Mobile Home that I bought last year. I am very happy by the way. Affordable living and I love it.
I started my furnace this year and got the pilot light to stay on (I had trouble at first). However when I started the actual heat by turning the thermostat on, my pilot light shut off.
I called a local (ish) company to get it checked. They sent someone and he inspected my furnace this morning. He told me some gas valve and something else need to be changed (the parts in front of the furnace, sorry I forgot) and it's going to cost $900 and that I'm better off changing the whole thing because it's probably going to fail again next year (nice sale pitch right?), and they will email me a quote.
Okay.
So fast forward I get a phone call and the guy is really pushy, tells me the removal, install, plus the new furnace is gonna be over $4000, and adds that that if i put a deposit down it can be done fast if not I will have to wait a long time. He asks me what I think about it and is it something I want done etc.. So yeah, pushy. I'm like "Im driving and I have no experience dealing with that and I will get back to you since I haven't even looked at the quote"
So now, I'm not a plumber for sure but I can tell the guy is pushing hard to get my money.
I just checked the reviews, they are super bad (I don't know how I missed them by the way!)
My question is, is he full of it? Am I being scammed or is it in my head?
I live in New England (and it's been cold) in a Mobile Home that I bought last year. I am very happy by the way. Affordable living and I love it.
I started my furnace this year and got the pilot light to stay on (I had trouble at first). However when I started the actual heat by turning the thermostat on, my pilot light shut off.
I called a local (ish) company to get it checked. They sent someone and he inspected my furnace this morning. He told me some gas valve and something else need to be changed (the parts in front of the furnace, sorry I forgot) and it's going to cost $900 and that I'm better off changing the whole thing because it's probably going to fail again next year (nice sale pitch right?), and they will email me a quote.
Okay.
So fast forward I get a phone call and the guy is really pushy, tells me the removal, install, plus the new furnace is gonna be over $4000, and adds that that if i put a deposit down it can be done fast if not I will have to wait a long time. He asks me what I think about it and is it something I want done etc.. So yeah, pushy. I'm like "Im driving and I have no experience dealing with that and I will get back to you since I haven't even looked at the quote"
So now, I'm not a plumber for sure but I can tell the guy is pushing hard to get my money.
I just checked the reviews, they are super bad (I don't know how I missed them by the way!)
My question is, is he full of it? Am I being scammed or is it in my head?