Climate Magic Gouged Use on Parts Pricing
On 6/29/2012 our A/C failed on a typical hot Texas evening. Climate Magic was called and they did promptly respond to their credit. I was traveling and my wife, who had little A/C knowlege, had to handle agreeing to their bid. Upon returning I checked the cost of the $295 charged for two Dual Run Capcitors online and found these parts ranged, at retail, from $29-$59. I called the company and they refused any adjustment claiming the parts were priced fairly and mirrored prices charged by other repair services. That justification spells of price fixing between businesses AND doesn't justify the 300 mark up. Their job included a $69 dispatch fee and the owner seemed to feel that since an after hour labopr charge as not applied the total cost of $484 was fair ($69 Dispatch + $295 Parts + $120 for Two Pounds of R22 Freon). I would not be quibbling if the the parts were at their cost + a reasonable markup to cover their carrying cost and itemized labor cost at a fair after hours rate, but that was not the case.
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