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Rant: my garage door died at 6:45am on a Tuesday and I'm getting wild quotes from contractors
So my garage door opener gave out two Tuesdays ago, right as I was leaving for work at 6:45am. It made this awful grinding noise, then just hung there about two feet off the ground and wouldn't move. I ended up yanking the red cord and lifting it by hand, which took me like ten minutes and I nearly threw my back out. I called three different companies here in town for quotes and got $385, $620, and one guy who wanted $1,100 because he said the whole track needed replacing. Here's the thing, the door itself is only about 8 years old and looks fine to me. The cheap guy can come Thursday, the expensive one can come tomorrow, and I have no clue how to tell who's being straight with me. Anybody in Atlanta dealt with this before? I'm in Decatur if that matters for who you'd recommend.
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graydavis3d ago
Six forty five in the morning is a personal attack, honestly. The door picked the exact worst second to quit on you. Here's the part that gets me, a grand for the whole track on an 8 year old door that looks fine? That guy saw a tired person at 6:45am and did the math in his head.
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