Scam artists are Every ware!
When we first bought our home in TV (the Villages) I got a cold call from a HVAC (Furnace and Air Conditioning system) contractor offering a low cost $39.00 checkup of our system. Ok, I said, I would like to get a local guy and not a big Chane Shop. He went through his routine. I had already changed the Hepa filter. He had blown out the condensation drain. Went to the compressor and checked pressures as I watched. Then he went back to the Gas Furnace itself. He opened the inside up and put a meter he called a Megger on the wiring inside. He then proceeded to show me how the furnace was showing a very low reading and by his indications was going to fail. He indicated that the furnace and AC system need to be changed. He even told me he wrote a book on how to test systems this way.
It was then I told him back in the day I worked as an Industrial Electrician for 10 years. That I had gone to a Vocational High School with a background in Industrial Electricity. I also explained that I worked for an Electrical Testing Company as a field Engineer doing testing and documentation for the NRC in a Nuclear Power Plant during the final 14 months of construction. I proceeded to explain that I have used the type of meter (Megger) in the past and was very familiar with the protocols necessary to produce the needed results. I then said do you really want to stick to that story? He never missed a beat and tried to tell me the entire system needed changed. What I should have done was reported his attempt at fraud but I did not. I paid his fee, $39.00 and told him to go that I did not need his service. What a Con Artist. I feel sorry for those who don’t ask for a second opinion or are trusting and get taken advantage of.
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