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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who told you that they needed to be replaced? It is 99.9 percent a scam and if you are still unsure, get another opinion. HVAC companies are mostly a scam. For one thing, the only reason HVAC companies survive is that there is a law that you can't buy refrigerant unless you are certified so that's all the certification most HVAC companies have. I've had HVAC techs tell me the whole system needed replacing when all it needed was to be reset. I've had them tell me the air con was leaking refrigerant and only put 1/4 of what they said they did. [/quote]

This is a bit of a overstatement. There are honest, hardworking people in the HVAC business.

There has been a trend in recent years though that venture capital firms have been buying up established local HVAC companies. The VC guys push the techs to be much more sales-oriented. One of the things they typically tell them is not to do any work on systems more than X years old, where X is typically seven to ten years. Even if the system is fine or needs simple maintenance they'll say it needs replacing.

Two of the biggest firms in the DC area have gone this route, they have lots of unhappy customers. Find out who owns your HVAC company before doing business with them. [/quote]

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