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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems everyone charges more. The plumber, electrician, housecleaners, everyone is charging us significantly more than when we lived 15 minutes from here, but in a less expensive zip code. I get needing to make money, but don't be ridiculous.

I'm trying to find a new housecleaner and quotes I'm getting are easily 2x what we paid in our previous neighborhood, and for a smaller house.[/quote]

We have lived in Bethesda for 20+ years, and everything here is more expensive because of the zip code, it has nothing to do with covid.  I have friends who live in 20854 / Potomac.  Whenever they need a contractor, they say they live in Rockville for the same reason, there's an upcharge for Potomac[/quote]

1000% This. 
I live in Potomac and my friend lives in Silver Spring. I called a plumber to replace a bathroom faucet, I was shocked with the price they quoted. The next day I asked my friend to call the same plumber for the same service and the quoted price was lower.

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They charged you a higher price because they correctly picked up that you would be a pain-in-the-@ss customer who would create extra work for them by doing things like asking for phony quotes.[/quote]

If they knew that they would decline to waste time on a phony quote.

I've often asked to pay for a quote, because I know I am trigger-shy. Vendors always refuse. [/quote]

Lol, plumbers don't "refuse" to charge for a quote; in fact, they often require it.  I just replaced my water heater and paid anywhere from $49 to $89 to three different companies just to come out and look at it.  The one I went with deducted their quoting fee from the overall cost of the job.[/quote]

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