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Originally Posted by Knightslayer
Why the extra hour if it's a simple replacement? That job is literally a 15 minute job. 2 hours minimum charge is more than enough.
I'm a contractor and I'm not cheap but that quote is an overcharge if it's a simple replacement.
That is such a simple job that anyone with even basic knowledge could do it themselves in 30 minutes or less. An electrician will do it in 10-15 minutes.
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The extra hour is for the 50% chance that there will be some dumb little issue that will cost you time. Or the likelihood that you'll get there and they'll have you run out to their garage for a minute to take a look at the light switch in there (since you're already over) to give them a quote on that, which they want to have fixed in the spring. Idk, maybe I just suck, but it just seems that more often than not things don't go as expected so I always pad my quotes to allow for the unforeseen. I definitely don't feel like a rip off artist and we have more work than we can handle so must be doing something right.