Well, I knew it had to happen sooner or later. This isn’t photography-related, but a good lesson.
The house is falling apart!
Our air conditioning went out and my office TV that I have had since college (10 years ago) went out – all in 1 weekend! Anyway, I didn’t know who to call about air conditioning, so I called Fox since I see their truck in our neighborhood often. They came out and told me that my unit was going out and it was inefficient. I thought he was full of it – the unit is only 6 years old!
So, I went and got a second opinion. So, I then went onto Lennox’s website (a Lennox air conditioning system came with the house) and they recommended Airco. I called the company up, and they came out, fixed some wires that got shorted out due to condensation build-up from unequal pressurization of the freon line, and he even explained everything he did to me. THIS SAVED ME A LOT OF MONEY, even though Airco cost a bit more to come out on Sundays.
So, the moral of the story – unexperienced people want to charge you for something you don’t need and charge too much for it and they don’t want to spend the time trying to fix something if it’s broken. Unfortunately, I have heard this same notion about other photographers in town – not doing a great job and wanting you to spend a lot of money. I hope I never get this reputation.
Oh, on the TV front, I resisted temptation and did not splurge on a new LCD or plasma – I instead purchased a tube TV that will probably be out-of-date in a couple of years due to HDTV.
Well, we have a couple of weddings coming up, and we are very excited about them – Snowden/Taylor and Williams/Kelly.
camera, and eventually, the groom-to-be broke out of his shell and followed pursuit!
