Does this Charge Seem Excessive

[Cass]

To replace this well pump?


Artesian Well 160' deep

Pump set at 100'

Charge for pump $800.00

Labor to pull and replace pump $1000.00

Total bill $1,800.00

This is not my job.

[Dunbar Plumbing]

And I would charge more just in case it is too low.

[got_nailed]

That is dirt cheap. What kind of pump did you get; $800 is cheap after markup.

[abikerboy]

A buddy whom Ive been helping out lately charges $300 flat for the derrick truck, plus $65/hour labor, and he only charges travel time if the customer is more than 30 miles from the shop. We just replaced a 1 hp 2 wire goulds a couple days ago, well was just under 350 foot deep, pump on sch 80 pvc w/threaded couplers. Nothing unusual, and no problems with the repair. Just a straight forward pull and swap. Ticket charge was $430 for truck and 2 hours labor plus $899 for the pump plus splice kits and tape. We reused the original pipe and cable, so no materials charges there. Guess wells and prices for labor/parts are pretty regional from what Ive read on here.

[Wet_Boots]

$1800 isn't outrageous, and if the casing doesn't extend above grade, making it do so can be added to the basic pump replacement cost.

[Raucina]

If its on poly pipe: labor to pull- $50 - labor to replace pump on same pipe and wires- 150$ -Pump, 169$ rebuilt
flo tech [lousy] or Graingers myers-400$

Thats either $400 or $750 plus driving time. Seems like anything over that is profit and pump margin.

[dirtmover]

The guy I just contacted has the following standard charges:-

$1300 for 1/2hp
$1400 for 3/4hp
$1600 for 1hp

These are Goulds pumps and he includes new poly pipe and wiring in the cost. Oh, maybe I don't really need this and he's just trying to pad up his margin. Anyway I also priced the same 3/4 Goulds pump at $900 so he's basically charging $500 for pipe, wire, supplies and time.

...and this is in Canada so I expect to get done over!

[rshackleford]

looks good to me. sounds normal to cheap.

[Bob NH]

Check out this site. Don't know about shipping and import to Canada.

http://www.wwpp.us/goulds/goulds-sub...e-2-wire.shtml

[dirtmover]

Good prices but of course,

"No sales are authorized outside the United States"

[Rancher]

Call them and ask anyway, UPS doesn't know the difference, if they say no, ask them about the "WorldWide" part of their name...

Rancher

[Raucina]

I buy control boxes there - 1 and 1.5 big size box, cscr for 77$ really a bargain. Service has been good.

[dirtmover]

Call them and ask anyway, UPS doesn't know the difference,

Sure they do. UPS delights in cross border shipments because it gives them an opportunity to charge outrageous brokerage fees!

[Rancher]

I guess my point was, that UPS has no problem shipping to Canada.

Rancher

[dirtmover]

I did a bit more searching and found www.aquascience.net sell the same Goulds 10GS07 pump I've been looking at for $523 which is about $50 less than www.wwpp.us and a whopping $358 less than I could get it for locally. Even though I hate giving UPS $50 for a bit of paperwork with the CAN$ at par I'll still save about $250 over buying locally!