My Mother hired a licensed electrician to install 1 ethernet drop in her home office. She already had a preexisting tp-link setup in the basement. She showed me the invoice today which totaled $958.00! I’m shocked and disgusted. Feels like they took advantage of my Mother.
I told my Mother to call them first thing tomorrow morning to see if they possibly made a mistake. If not, I advised her to never do business with that company again. This seems like highway robbery. Is there anything else she can do?
If there’s really no obstructions or obstacles with a drop ceiling then we’d probably charge something like $500. If it’s a normal house where we’re cutting up walls, etc it’s $1,000 per run minimum - and we don’t patch or paint.
PS - electricians are known for using the absolute shittiest Ethernet line. I swear wherever they get their 5e from could be mistaken for telephone line. I’d make sure he used good cabling for that pricing and followed punch down standards.