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Did my Mother overpay for a simple ethernet job? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Valvorian@alien.top to c/homenetworking@selfhosted.forum

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My Mother hired a licensed electrician to install 1 ethernet drop in her home office. She already had a preexisting tp-link setup in the basement. She showed me the invoice today which totaled $958.00! I'm shocked and disgusted. Feels like they took advantage of my Mother.

I told my Mother to call them first thing tomorrow morning to see if they possibly made a mistake. If not, I advised her to never do business with that company again. This seems like highway robbery. Is there anything else she can do?

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[–] newphonedammit@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was a data cabler at the start of my career.

Residential is the worst. Dwangs in walls. Cable runs are always a bitch. And even if you have a drop its not guaranteed to fit or feed another cable, and usually not easily. Many walls will have to be surface mounted blocks with capping. House ceilings suck.

Most offices have suspended ceilings , hollow walls / partitions . Built in cable ducts and catenarys. etc etc

I did exactly 4 residential jobs. Lol.

And dozens and dozens of commercial buildings.

Not in the US but this seems high-ish. But I know lots of people would feel this sort of job is seldom worth the petrol or stress.

[–] Popular_Frosting2018@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How was the pay for residential data cabling?

[–] newphonedammit@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

the pay was pretty good for most work back then. But the residential stuff almost always worked out less /hr (more effort) so we almost never did it. So infrequently I can remember every job. Or maybe just all the swearing etc burned them into my memory ? 🤣