Dull Men's Club
An unofficial chapter of the popular Dull Men's Club.
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Don't trust the HVAC guy, you know, who wants to sell more HVAC
But do trust another random HVAC guy who wants to, in fact, sell more HVAC
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Bruh everyone wants to make money selling you shit. They only person who will want you to buy nothing is you.
I get where you're coming from, but it's kinda isolationist and sad. Distrust profit motive, but try to trust people when you can. I don't want to make money selling this guy shit, for one :)
I can see how it could come off like that. I mean I generally trust the HVAC man's opinion on everything except whether I should buy HVAC services.
Personally I advocate for self-education. It might have been difficult to discover the refrigeration cycle, and invent the furnace but it won't take you more than a few hours to learn enough to check your own equipment. Or how to check the brakes on your car. How to find a leak.
It's quite liberating to be able to tell that they're full of shit. That isn't your Car's Air filter, or that your AC needs a capacitor not a $15,000 full replacement but that you'll be buying it from someone else.
Knowledge is power ✊