From: vze8f3tq@verizon.net (v)
Newsgroups: alt.hvac alt.home.repair misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: How much should I have paid for a new furnace/AC?
Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 14:48:29 GMT

On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 03:12:03 GMT, someone wrote:

>We recently had a new gas furnace and central AC installed.  Paid about
>$4700 from a local well known company.....
>
>A second quote from another local company that's well known was anywhere
>from $4700 to $6500...

You should have paid $4700 if you wanted a well known local company to
do it.  

You could have paid less if you were willing to have a moonlighting
guy who may even be using his employer's tools and equipment to do the
job.

Are the moonlighting guys authorized installers if there are any
warranty issues?


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