Been out of town for a month. Wife had to call a plumber twice for faucet problems on some rentals. One was a stripped body on a single faucet, the other was a stripped stem on a kitchen faucet. Was told by plumber on the single faucet that it would take two weeks to get the part (a single faucet-$200) and another $200 to install. There's a hardware store 4 blocks away with single faucets for $24. On the stripped stem, plumber said whole fixture would need to be replaced. Took me all of 2 minutes to replace the stem after picking up the standard Price Pfister stem at the hardware store 4 blocks away.
Either these plumbers are incompetent or rip off artists.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
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1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13