Fred Basset by Alex Graham for June 26, 2012
June 25, 2012
June 27, 2012
Transcript:
It could be a number of faults with this particular heating system, Madam... It may be a faulty thermostatic radiator valve or a blocked lock shield valve due to a buildup of iron oxide. I need to check your expansion tank, and your thermostat may need recalibrating... Or better still I'd recommend a new LCD display... He's lost her!
dugharry over 12 years ago
He’s lost me!
revisages over 12 years ago
we’ll just go with the chimney sweep we originally called for
upanddown17 over 12 years ago
To summerize: it’s broken.
tedunn5453 over 12 years ago
Just trying to get as much money as he can, and still not fix it right…
teddyr over 12 years ago
Had a company like that around here in the late ’40’s. Would give a “free” check, tear the funace apart, and then say that the heat exchanger was cracked and that they couldn’t put it back together in that “dangerous” condition unless they had a new exchanger put in for LOTS of money. Tried that with my former wife’s grandparents once. Grandpa said, “I know darn well there’s nothing wrong!”, and got his SHOTGUN and sat on the top step of the basement stairs while the guy put the funace back together! Funny, they quit doing that to folks after that incident.
K M over 12 years ago
Reminds me of a MAD magazine bit on excuses, specifically, auto mechanics then (1930s) and now (1970s). Then: “Your thelman wire was corroded, so we had to replace it. That’ll be ten cents.” Now: “Your thelman wire was corroded, so we had to replace your engine. That’ll be $600.”