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Please advise. I thought there was an electrical problem with my thermostat and had an electrical company come out to take a look. It turned out to be a problem with the heater itself, and they said they could fix it but I told them that if the work would run above 300. they should let me know since it would make more sense to have a heating company do it. I didn’t sign anything with them, and they sent a few people and it was very hard to tell how they were logging their time, though in the end did fix the heater by replacing a part. Then they presented me with a labor bill for almost 600. and said that if I didn’t pay it they would turn it over to a collection agency.

I think it’s fair that I pay something, but I feel like they deliberately just hit me with a bill at the end that is quite inflated.

Does anyone know if they can indeed turn this over to a collection agency (that could presumably damage my credit)?

In which case I would just have to pay their full bill amount which is way too high.

Any advise about what I can do in the way of filing a complaint or placing this in dispute before the creditors are involved?

Thanks in advance.