Happy News

The furnace is fixed!

At least that's what they tell me. I've heard it before.

What's even more amazing is that the repair guy only charged us $210 for the whole thing! Listen, that guy was here a good eight hours working on our furnace. He left twice to get parts. For part of the time, a second guy was working on it too. Can you believe we got off that cheap?

The name of the company is Southtown Heating & Cooling. I want to say this, here, because I am recommending this company to anyone in the southern Dayton area who needs HVAC work. They've been coming out to help us since we first moved in here - and got a quote from another company to clean our furnace for about 4 times more than Southtown charged. Nice guys, too!

It's nice to be able to recommend businesses that serve us well, isn't it? Seems like more often than not, we're complaining about bad service or high prices, or maybe just a rude employee having a bad day. I try to point out the good things too, even to national corporations, and sometimes they even send me coupons and gift certificates. Once I got a free two-day canoe rental and camping trip when I wrote a letter to the owner of the livery saying how great they were. Try it!

But don't be like this guy, and do it just to see what you get:
http://www.the39dollarexperiment.com This guy's letters are just downright silly. It's kind of interesting to see what happened in response to the letters, though.


UPDATE on Happy News: Hubby's car is fixed too! They told me it might cost a LOT and we should be prepared for that...but...get this. Hubby called to find out the total. They said $130! We cheered! Then they called later and said they had the FINAL total. It was $113! We cheered louder! Then when I went to pick it up, that wasn't the actual total...the total was...get ready...$84.53. Is that amazing or what? I mean it's a freaking miracle when your repair bill goes DOWN!!!

Between the furnace and the car...I swear, we must have an angel. Mom, did you do this? Thanks!