ABSOLUTELY WOULD NOT RECOMMEND!During the cold snap last week, with temps in the teens, I lost my heat. Called my usual HVAC contractor who found that the issue was not my heating system but my electrical panel/breaker box that he discovered was billowing smoke. So, had to get an electrician. A Family member recommended Kinder Electric but unbeknownst to me they were now part of Mister Quik. Some guy named Christen did the initial assessment and we determined that the box would need to be replaced/upgraded after noting several melted components. His initial estimate was about $7500. I had no idea whatsoever what replacing an electrical panel would cost with materials and labor...kind of took his word on it and agreed to the work. He said a few technicians would be at my house in a little bit to start on it. After he left I thought about maybe getting some other estimates so tried to cancel when they immediately took 10% off the initial price. Now it was $6740. I thought fine, I'm freezing my ass off and was dealing with work issues. Just wanted it replaced. Incredibly STUPID on my part. My neighbor who is a Union electrician x 50yrs and a project manager for Ermco told me I got royally screwed. He gave me an example of what parts/materials and 10hrs of labor with a union electrician along with a 25% markup would cost for the same electrical panel...the MAXIMUM, according to him, would be $2700. Doing other research I found most replacements to be in the $1200-$2000 range. This panel is on the far wall of my garage. There was no major rewiring or anything like that. The technician was done in about 4 hours (was just one guy). I got no itemized bill showing the broken down cost of materials and labor. Just one blanket price for the whole job including a $638 fee for a permit (???)
So, I was basically overcharged more than $4000 for something that could've been done much, much cheaper had I only checked around. I'll be contacting the BBB and the Indiana Attorney General so they are aware of Mister Quik's shady business practices read more