So today I pretty much found out that the past 30 days of frustration, money and maintenance of our AC unit were all for nothing. This whole fiasco started when the outdoor units fan went out on a Sunday..at night. This led to overtime plus weekend hours to get someone out to fix it. So the guy came out and replaced the fan on the outside unit. The fan and other parts, plus labor, plus overtime/after hours pay came to almost $700.
Two weeks later it appeared as though the unit was running, but there just wasn't much air coming out. This again, happened on a Sunday, at night. So the guy came out and found that the first guy hadn't checked out filter or coils and they were dirty. He was going to clean them at no charge (because the previous guy should have done this in the first place)...assuming we signed up for $169 maintenance agreement, which put them coming out twice a year for inspection. So due to being almost 90 degrees in my home, I figured it was worth it. So he cleaned out everything and after putting the casing back on we noticed the inner fan making noise. So he went and changed out a capacitor, which fried my inner fan. So this night we had to leave the house and sleep at our respective parents houses as not to literally sweat to death.
The following day, he arrived with the new motor and a new hefty bill for almost $600 this go round, so we assumed that this would conclude the matter. He also informed us the the next day, another team of guys would be coming out to clean everything better. This being the first visit of the two we signed up for in the contract. So these assholes come in and don't properly tighten the caps on the freon valves.
Fast forward to Monday, and I arrive home to the unit being totally frozen up. We thawed it out and got someone to come out again the following day, he cleaned things and added more freon telling us the for the most part our unit was falling apart at the seams, twenty-four years old and he highly recommended we replace it. And if we didn't that we certainly could not run the heater at all due to leaks that could push carbon monoxide through my house, effectively killing me in my sleep. I wish the first guy, or the second guy, maybe the third, or fourth guy would have mentioned this...but no it was the fifth guy and $1300 later. This is the kind of thing you really, and I mean REALLY, do not want to hear or have to deal with after so much money, time and stress had been spent on this total bullshit.
So today we had a guy to come out and give us an estimate on a totally new system, inside and out. He looked at the house for about ten seconds, outside for about fifteen seconds, then proceeded to slide a sheet of paper in front of my with a quote of eight thousand dollars.....yes, you read correctly that's $8000. I seriously thought he was joking. We have called several other places since and hope to get smaller estimates, but from what I can tell I won't be getting off with any less than four thousand and I'm thinking closer to five. Now my question, to myself and these fine gentleman that run these quality establishments is, where exactly am I supposed to shit five thousand dollars? Most of the places around here don't finance, and the ones that do, offer interest rates between 11% and 15%, and I would be financing this unit for forty-eight months, thats four years. Four fucking years. I totally feel like life has its boot on my throat and is saying."You will remain miserable you sad fuck".
Right now I feel the only thing keeping me going what-so-ever is just family, friends and the hope for things to get better eventually. In the near term, I just hope to stay healthy, focus on the people I love, and God willing, just get a little cold air.
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