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your flustered mind"? Welcome to the world of Flat Rate plumbing and HVAC
advertising! I bet there's something you Booty Pop don't know, unless, of course, you did
hire one of these companies - they charge between $125 and $400 an hour. If you
didn't know they charged that rate, you are not to be ridiculed for your
ignorance, as that rate is disguised in the sell price of every part that they
say (wink) you need. Well, I am going to shed some light on the dark magic
behind the M.O. of the Flat Rate model, then maybe you won't go into cardiac
arrest from sticker shock should you find yourself paying one of these
companies after your next plumbing or HVAC emergency. The Background Among the
self-employed in the HVAC and plumbing trades are those who have long struggled
to eek out a decent living, myself among them.