I just discovered that the plumber charged us $500 to install a fake water filter. It's labeled "Display unit only" because it's an empty plastic cylinder.
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- Scoble, Alex Scoble
whoa
- holly #ravingfangirl
not like just hate this kind of crap
- WarLord
Dang. That's harsh.
- Jim #teamFFrank
dam
- VALZONE#SCREWED
Yikes.
- Chieze Okoye
Sounds like a call to the Better Business Bureau
- Maggie
Can you please post the name of the plumber so that people can avoid doing business with them? Thanks, Paul.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
yes, use the power of Friendfeed!
- holly #ravingfangirl
dang
- AJ Batac
Just imagine how much a real one would cost!
- Gabe
I'm hoping the plumber was just too clueless to realize what he was doing and didn't know that it was fake. We'll see how they respond when April calls to complain. Either way, I think we'll use a different plumber in the future. They've also done a few other things I didn't like.
- Paul Buchheit
Most definitely complain to the BBB, and a Yelp review is in order. I don't mind paying for good service, but the whole "they are (or look) rich so I feel entitled to screw them over" ticks me to no end.
- Tudor Bosman
I think even the real filter is kind of a scam -- it's way over priced (about $1/gallon): http://www.bodyglove.com/store...
- Paul Buchheit
Also a call to your City "Building Department" or State Licensing Board depends who regulates plumbing contractors in your city or state
- WarLord
Try http://www.checkbook.org Bay Area Checkbook to find recommendations for services. I love it. It's like Consumer Reports for SF Bay Area services/businesses.
- Spidra Webster
We have a reverse osmosis filter at home (inherited with the house). It's huge (takes a lot of space under the sink), low flow, and expensive to replace (as you should, periodically, apparently). The $30 filter that fits in the refrigerator gets way more use -- and it delivers cold water, too :)
- Tudor Bosman
Sounds like a job for Mr Wurzlebacher :-) Hope it gets sorted. http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Jason
Also it's weird that your filter is made by bodyglove. I understand that both wetsuits and water filters touch water, but that's pretty much where the similarity ends, right?
- Misha
In lab water, I think of Millipore or Barnstead as the standard for water filtration. Water by Bodyglove seems sort of like fruit by the Gap or something.
- Clare Dibble
Have you tried a pool supply store? I wouldn't think plumbers would know about filters, but people who sell pool supplies have some knowledge. When we set up the garage lab, we got a cartridge filter from a pool store as the coarsest filtration level for all our water, followed by smaller filtration systems up to and including ultrapure water. I guess I had in mind that your current system would be better than activated carbon in a 50 micron mesh, but from the link it looks like not. For similar prices, I think you could get DI water, but it takes more space.
- Clare Dibble
OMG. That's just ridiculous.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Unlike because of the scam!
- imabonehead
It turns out the filter cartridge is only $150 or so, so asymptotically it's only about 30 cents/gallon and Paul wasn't ripped off for nearly so much.
- Gabe
No, the $150 cartridge is something else. The replacements for the one I got cost like $450.
- Paul Buchheit
It happens in Great America? What has happened to the West?
- ThinkEzy