"the Board has guidelines for what consumers feel is 'gouging' & read them to him. He decided to refund 900+/-"
Is this the same board, that stood on a stage, and told future contractors that marking up material, more then 10% could be considered price gouging, i was there, and after that, is when i should of decided to make pizza delivery my vocation in life, i can understand you looking at the estimated cost on the permit, and then comparing it with the job, but there are times when these so calles easy jobs, can require more then the time to assemble the service, when the job begins you do a load calc, to do it right it takes time, you now have too give the utility a load data inquiry, as you know, there is the need to properly identify all circuits, and how about the 2 hour trip to pick up a meter pan, did the existing cables all fall in place, on the new panel, or did he have to shorten, or extend all the cables, each job has to be priced with all the job conditions considered, the idea, that it is a certain size service, and they should cost so much, is not only a bad idea, but one that if preformed eniough times will have you delivering pizzas.
"100 amp, resi service replacement; SEU (15-20'), straps, head, connectors, and a 100 amp MCB, 16 circuit panel, 5 1 pole cb's.
Minimal distance to water main; normal grd rod conditions."
Yes i agree, that may be a bit over!
[This message has been edited by LK (edited 05-03-2006).]
