Romeo_Svengali asked:

Recently I needed some work done on an outlet, a switch, and two lights in my garage. Essentially I just needed the whole thing wired correctly so that all the components worked.

The only guy I could get to answer his phone, let alone pay me a visit, was a “master electrician” whose card I found on a corkboard in a local coffee shop.

The guy was very pleasant and professional, but he charged me $285 for about 15 minutes worth of work and no parts. I’m rationalizing to myself that I couldn’t have done the work myself, and given how hard it’s been even finding an electrician, I was better off paying what he asked than getting a bunch of people to come give me estimates over a period of a week or so.

But bottom line: did I get ripped off?

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