Attention to all of my friends:
Beware of Dupras and Sons Inc. Recently we had a new furnace installed. They quoted $3500 which included labor, materials, and furnace. Let me just say this should be criminal.
Searching HVACDirect.com, we found the furnace for $1345. This is a retail price which we all know Dupras and Sons Inc doesn't pay retail prices.
There quote included 8 hours for 2 guys for $1400. Normal rates for 2 installers should have been $1200 for 8 hours. The technicians were at our house for 5.5 hours. Add 1 hour for travel to and from our house for a grand total of 6.5 hours.
Dupras and Son Inc, overcharged us for labor. They charged almost a 50 percent mark up on the furnace. We paid $3100. Sent them a letter asking for an itemized bill and they threatened me they would send me to collections if I didn't pay the remaining balance.
I am telling you, these types businesses are operating under some shady practices. How in the hell does a vague estimate without true costs become good business practices. In speaking to others, this is pretty common.
I for one am not taking this lying down. I am not going to pay a business that takes advantage of a consumer without heat and asking them to pay an unreasonable amount for a product and labor that does not add up. It is extortion!!!
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