/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>be my mom
>elderly. Dirt poor. Too proud to ask for money and too old to get a decent job (76)
>always told by son to call him when shit in her house breaks because he has the hookup on cheap tradesmen if he can’t do it himself
>AC goes out two weeks ago in the middle of Texas heat wave.
>doesn’t want to bother son
>calls local AC company
>tech tells her the unit is too old and she needs a new one
>$9,000
>calls me in a panic asking if she can cool her 1700 sqft house with a $150 window unit.
>that’s like throwing an ice cube in a bathtub
>call my AC guy
>he fixes it for $85
>less than what they charged her for a service call where they did absolutely nothing.

I’ve been thinking about exacting revenge and flaming them online but they probably sent a tech who has no troubleshooting skills. I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt on this.