Don't fall for the bait-and-switch service provider. If you smell BS, don't let them rake you over the coals.

Electrician: “Ok your quote will be $600”

Me: “Huh? Your rep on the phone told me its $150”

Electrician: “That quote was to fix the sub panel, not the main panel.”

Me: “We only have one panel at our house and the word sub panel was never a part of our call”

Electrician: “You have to talk to my boss, I’m only the technician. Maybe we can do it for $500.”

Me: “$150 or you drove here for $0. Let me know.”

Call his boss

Electrician: "Okay, you got lucky, he said we can do it for $150. We don't do this for anyone"

Me: "Uh uh, yeah, ok buddy."