Ugh. So the timer switch thing on my water heater/radiant heat thing broke and was just 24/7 heating my house (unnecessary right now!). Had a guy coming out for maintenance of it, anyway, so he looked at it and he said they’d call with the part info and schedule a repair guy. They didn’t call the past two days so today I called them and they said sure, you have to pay for the part ahead of time and then they’ll schedule, it’ll take a week to get the part..$330.

Yall I can buy a newer stronger version of this part at Home Depot for $33 and have it tonight. I can buy a used old version of this part (because my system is 20 years old) on eBay for $35. What the actual fuck. I asked her to have the parts department call me and explain. Because seriously??? I understand a markup but a TEN TIMES markup???

(Replacing it does require some re-wiring so I am not capable of handling it)