Just busting your chops. No harm intended.

loose breaker wiring
 

A breaker would not reset after an accidental short while working on the lamp post sensor. Taking off the panel seemed to show loose wiring on the breaker and fixing made it work. Did know that trick of pushing farther to the end beyond "off" first.
Unfortunately the breaker was not turned off when working on the lamp post -- hasty neighbor unfamiliar.

Hopefully others will learn from your mistake. We all make them.
Far as your circuit breaker you need to shut it off and then on to reset it.
It is interesting that a circuit breaker that says 20 amps will trip at 18 amps.

The charge. I've also made that mistake. We should ask what it will cost. Many of these places charge you xxxx per hour and the time starts when they leave the place of business or even the job they are on when you call.

The person who came to your home is likely an employee and does not have the power to negotiate. I would suggest you look up the name of the owner and ask to speak to him or her. Be polite and perhaps they will reduce the bill. Realize they have to pay the electrician, possible a licensed electrician, the cost of running a truck, insurance etc.

What's hard to believe is after 40 some posts, we're haggling over $140

Not haggling over 140 bucks, haggling over who on here is the real expert and enjoys trying to be superior to everyone else in addition to bashing people that work for a living......calling people they don't know "dumb, dumbs" speaks to their character.

Yes. Isn’t it lovely they trash the poor person that answers the phone? Disgusting

Mistakes?
 

I do wonder about people who insist on calling others stupid. My view a weak self opinion likely justified.
We all make mistakes.
Perhaps of some help to someone. Our vacuum started to regularly blow the circuit breaker. I looked it over and saw nothing wrong.
All else fails read the instructions. It seems, had I read the instructions there are TWO FILTERS. If, I recall one is SUPPOSED to be cleaned every month and the other replaced every six months. The vacuum was ONLY EIGHT YEARS OLD and neither had been done in eight years. We all make mistakes. Of course I've not done either in about a year.
Moral of the story. A rush will cost you. Relax, look it up, think about WHEN AND WHY.

I am the OP here...FYI, the rest of the story...I asked what it would cost and they said they need to check out the problem first. I do know how to reset a breaker, it would not reset so I thought it had failed and would need to be replaced. The charge was a actually $160 before " generous" 10% discount for living in The Villages. To be fair, he flipped the switch and it worked and he removed the panel cover and said everything looked fine. I did call they asked what I thought I should have been charged and I said $100 seemed fair. Have not heard from them again so far.

In Charge Electric
 

For those of you who think this was fair, be sure to call this company next time you have an electrical problem... here's the phone number
352-350-7878, ask for Kathy!