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Mr Rooter Complaints - Highway Robbery!

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Mr Rooter

Posted: 2009-01-10 by   Alan St.Louis
Highway Robbery!
Complaint Rating:  75 % with 4 votes
Company information:
Mr Rooter
Nashua, New Hampshire
United States

My wife called to have a bathroom faucet replaced and as she told them the drain was a little slow and we wanted that fixed as well.

The Plumber showed up and was here for about 20 minutes and he came up with a quote of $612.02!

I thought this was a bit on the high side but with the busy schedule and a lack of confidence to fix it myself I wrote out the check.

Then he mentioned that this was just an estimate and someone would call Monday to set up a time to do the work... Hello, This was supposed to be done on the same day.

I let it eat at me for an hour and called and told them not to bother setting up an appointment as I thought the price was outrageous.

They wanted $397.90 for a faucet!
Cable sink and do bio treatment $214.12
Oh... the good news... This included labor and he estimated 3-4 hours to do the job!

I went to my local Home Store, Bought a Moen faucet and did the work myself for under $80.00!

I called them and they still requested that I pay $54.99 for the call and estimate... I did pay that to be done with them.

So for less than $140.00 we now have a beautiful new facet and it didn't cost me a weeks pay.

I will think twice about using Mr. Rooter again and will never recommend them to anyone.

Thank You for letting me vent on this forum... I do feel better knowing that I did the work myself !

It's amazing how money will motivate and give you confidence to do the work. ;)

Have a good day!
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 383 days ago by   Roy Hudec 0 Votes
I had a run with Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Langhorne
46 Edgemont Lane
Langhorne, PA 19047
Phone: 215-702-9100
Fax: 215-826-9152

I needed a new kitchen sink installed and they wanted to charge me $940 for the job. I removed the old sink, had the water lines ready and installed the drain on the new sink. This business preys on people that just do not know. They have no shame and if you do some more research you will find many complaints against them. Stay away!!!
 367 days ago by   Grapekoolade 0 Votes
If you would listen and read what you guys are typing, you will see that The Mr Rooter Tech did nothing -wrong. If you do not like the up-front price quoted to you, you have the choice to refuse the price. But saying they did something wrong is not right on your part. They did not rip you guys off, they just gave you an estimate and you chose to do it yourself and want to compare the cost? To say they prey on those who do not know, then why did the all knowing call a plumber any way? and to talk about the many complaints, I adverage around 25 service calls a week by myself. multiply that times 50 weeks I work a year, and then multiply that times the 5000 plus Mr rooter service techs in the USA, then the 40 complaints you read on the web sites are just a grain of sand on a beach. Why don't you talk about the doctor who charged you $750 for 20 mins. you spent in his office, or the $20, 000 you paid your lawyer to divorce you and you still lost everything to the wife? Its not fair that people thing plumbers should work for spare change.
 347 days ago by   parkerbrothers 0 Votes
my name is Darrell. I used to work for Mr Rooter. I would like to say i am very sorry for all the people i ripped off over the years. I worked for the detroit metro franchise. We were trained in tactics to sell sell sell with no regard to what the consumer accually needed.We had weekly sales meeting where our sales were compared to other techs sells. If our sells fell below 5000.00 a week we were called in to the managers office where we had to explain ourselves for poor sales skills so as a tech there was alot of pressure to generate revenue which will lead to unfair practices. our pricebook was a tool used for ripping off customers. a water heater for instance was 890.00 now as a homeowner you probably dont know what a water heater costs. but we show you our price in our price book and now you feel confident were not just making up a number we think you'll pay. also we are going to tell you that you need a new ball valve a new gas cock and two new dio unions. Now instead of 890.00 your new water heater is going to cost around 1300.00 dollars. I bought a forty gallon watrer heater this morning with all the parts and i paid 308.65 if thats not a rip off then Mr Rooter i am sorry i took the time to type this. by the way the water heater i bought this morning installed cost my customer 610.00 and i am sure she will use me again. it fells great to go to bed at night knowing i dont have to steal to make a living. grapekoolaid you should try it
 333 days ago by   Thepatientone 0 Votes
I have 30 years experience as a carpenter and Facilities Manager with a local non-profit. I have executed well over a million in contracts over the past 20 years. I have all the skills the the tradesman uses as my department also keeps 7 locations up to snuff. I am also a skilled plumber as a result. Recently my father (without my knowledge) contacted Mr Rooter in our area because his bathroom floor was springy (due to the use of inferior products applied by a contractor under a municipal grant). My father did not have a leak in his bathroom or anywhere else. The tech from Rooter reached behind his new toilet( my dad installed the toilet himself) and found moisture. To my dad this seemed like a leak, in fact it was a loose tank nut. The tech proceeded to go into the basement and replaced 2 feet of perfectly good sweated copper with 2 feet of blue potable water PEX with two sharkbites(connectors). The two feet of PEX was chrged at a rate of $150.00 per foot. PEX costs $.60 a foot and the sharkbites were probably $3-4.00 at best. The tech never quoted a price to my dad until he was done. Despite their advertisements to the contrary. Another tech came back right after Tech one and installed a no burst closet supply line approx. 12" long. My cost for those is about $22.00.

All told Mr. Rooter charged $660.91 for work that did not need to be done. A simple turn of a nut would have solved the slight moisture problem. The springy floor was of course never dealt with as Rooters are not carpenters. I would not have expected them to do so. The replaced 2 foot section of pipe was not even leaking as I was checking out his basement just last week and everything was fine. Copper sweat joints simply don't fail unless they are acted on by an outside force or the sweat was not a clean sweat. Neither situation was evident.

What is really tragic is that my dad is 80 years old and some times he can be had. The behavior of the owners of Mr. Rooter Franchises in my opinion appears to be predatory and bordering on the criminal. God knows how many people have been damaged by this business practice, especially the elderly.

I have appealed to The NYS Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office for consultation and possible action. I will also approach the local media for their input and possible coverage as well. I would advise anyone who has a legitimate scenario to contact their respective Attorney's general or Better Business Bureau for advice.

To Grapecoolade: most victims of this type of business practice never file a complaint so your statitics are a bit
inaccurate. You also have a vested interest in the success of these practices. Since when was it ok to denegrate your customers and prey on the elderly? Got an answer?
 304 days ago by   walt carroll +1 Votes
i am a former mr. rooter territory manager from las vegas. mr. rooter is the largest plumbing company in ameriKa. the cost of dispatching a truck for a free estimate was about 100.00 a call. no charge. the workman's comp premiums for plumbers is second only to roofers.

licensed, bonded and insured. dispatch and management support second to none in the industry. mr. rooter franchises are sold through the dwyer group, owners of rainbow carpet, mr. appliance amd mr. electric. millions of dollars spent in customer services focused on the customer and their needs.

mr. rooter is a practical example in the science of customer service. not everyone drives a volkswagon. some drive cadillacs and some drive a rolls royce. not every service is for everyone. mr. rooter has spent tens of thousands of hours and millions of dollars researching the customer service industry and the needs of the average homeowner.

i have been in the plumbing service industry my entire life, and i will say, i have never seen a more professional operation nor have i ever seen a company so dedicated to gaining the respect of customers they would like to see as life long. the structure of the mr. rooter pricing is both fair and the structure offers great discounts for additional tasks performed saving hundreds and even thousands for their customer.

the technicians, trucks and equipment are the highest quality in the industry. the costs are based upon a proven formula, not to "rip" anyone off. the costs are a set and fair profit margin for the franchise and it's owner and the customer. the beauty of contract pricing is the customer is always free to say "No thank you", however, with an over 92% satisfaction rate, the highest levels in the industry, mr. rooter is a company second to none in fairness and pricing.

i don't even work there anymore!

walt carroll
bullhead city, az.
 270 days ago by   goodpepul 0 Votes
If it was a simple turn of a nut to fix it why didn't you just do it yourself??? Something doesn't make sense.
 90 days ago by   Jennifer 0 Votes
Homeowners looking for plumbing help crack me up...
They call a plumber up, have them drive all the way to thier house, give an estimate.
And then have the nerve to go online and B*%ch about it.

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