{"id":14716,"date":"2007-08-09T16:51:10","date_gmt":"2007-08-09T16:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=14716"},"modified":"2008-07-28T16:27:39","modified_gmt":"2008-07-28T16:27:39","slug":"fleeced-by-emer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2007\/08\/fleeced-by-emer\/","title":{"rendered":"fleeced by emergency repairmen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"\" href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It seems that when you need a home repair urgently you can be at the mercy of unscrupulous operators who will fleece you &#8212; badly.<\/p>\n<p>I have had to call emergency plumbers in the middle of the night because a heating pipe developed a leak and threatened to damage my home very severely.  I found an emergency plumber in the Yellow Pages.  He appeared, fixed the leak within a few minutes, and charged several hundred dollars for his trouble.  I have had an similar experience with an after-hour locksmith, and another with an unscrupulous firm that fixed my garage door opener.<\/p>\n <span class=\"plp-active-page\"><span class=\"\">%<\/span><\/span> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2007\/08\/fleeced-by-emer\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"\">%<\/span><\/a> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>you can get fleeced with you need a repair at night<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,6],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-14716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electricians","category-plumbers"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2007\/08\/fleeced-by-emer\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"fleeced by emergency repairmen","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2007\/08\/fleeced-by-emer\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2007\/08\/fleeced-by-emer\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Electricians","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"anon"}],"creator":["anon"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2007-08-09T16:51:10Z","datePublished":"2007-08-09T16:51:10Z","dateModified":"2008-07-28T16:27:39Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"fleeced by emergency repairmen\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.brownstoner.com\\\/forum-archive\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/fleeced-by-emer\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.brownstoner.com\\\/forum-archive\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/fleeced-by-emer\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"Electricians\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"anon\"}],\"creator\":[\"anon\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Forum Archive\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2007-08-09T16:51:10Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-08-09T16:51:10Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2008-07-28T16:27:39Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/brownstoner.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","print_hed":"","photo_gallery":[],"print_subhed":"","print_slug":"","syndication_thumb":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14716"},{"taxonomy":"districts","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/districts?post=14716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}