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Originally Posted by loonlovers

Our friends were enroute to The Villages last week when they received a call that a leak had been detected outside their home and their water had been turned off. Since they had used Pat the Plumber before (for a very expensive gray pipe job) they decided to call him. About 15 minutes after I read your initial thread on the plumbing scam, they called me and told me that they were having Pat the Plumber do their repair and that the estimate was between $650 and $3,000! And, P the P had already charged their credit card $500 without even starting the work! I told them that TOTV members had listed numerous negative experiences and that they maybe should rethink their decision to use P the P.

They called TV Warranty Department for advice and the response was "Oh NO...do not let them in the door". The Warranty Department recommended a plumber who responded within an hour or so. The job was repaired with a foot of PVC piping replacing the section that was leaking. P the P estimate for a "quick job was $650 but he recommended the "full job" which involved digging up the yard from the road to the house which would run between $2500 - $3000.

Mike Scott Plumbing repaired their leak for $96 and advised them to use the $10 coupon from The Villages phonebook. He also recommended they report their experience to Seniors vs Crime.

Thanks again Laura and other TOTV members for helping save our friends a lot of money.

Mike Scott Plumbing is great. (Sorry, couldn't find the I Agree sign)