Braastad Electric, Inc.

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People the posts below are real posts from real Randy's customers from Angie's List and other sources. All I'll say is that mine was similar, severely overcharged for a very low tech job. Equated to $400 and hour! Read below, mine was the rule and not the exception. SO USE ANYBODY BUT DO NOT USE RANDY'S ELECTRIC.Description Of Work:All they did is move an electrical box! I had a $99 Angies List coupon which I thought would be more than enough. It took them only about 30 minutes to do the work, which is a simple electrical task. Their hourly rate would be around $500/hour!!!Member Comments: The work went fine. The charge was exhorbinate.Description Of Work:I had a floodlight installed on my garage. They were 3 hours late. I was charged $300 for 10 minutes worth of work. The flood light sagged. After I inspected it further the screw had be stripped and I had to correct the problem myself. They didn't waterproof around the junction box that was installed so I also have to do that myself so that when it rains my garage doesn't burn down.Description Of Work:Replace bad circuit breaker.Member Comments:$255 invoice for 20 minutes of work and a $5 breaker.Electrician, then hands out religious scripture upon completion of job?WHAT GALL !!!Member Comments:Which means I paid $206 in labor for 20 minutes of work, which works out to $618 PER HOUR. If I were Randy, I wouldn't want to break my prices down into parts and labor either, because the implied labor rate is absurd. It wasn't a total loss - at least I have eliminated Randy's Electric from any future work on my home.Member Comments:I'm new to the twin cities so I don't know if this is standard but Randy's does not charge by the hour. It's by the item. In our case moving the kitchen exhaust fan cost $357, add to that a $49 service charge, a $7.75 fuel charge for a grand total of $213.75. That's right, $213.75 was what it cost for a small uncomplicated job that took about 1 hour.Member Comments:Unfortunately, the quote was crazy overpriced. $1100 for the job. WOW. There was also a $49 service fee, which was never disclosed when I scheduled. I couldn't afford the work. They snatched up my $69 and I ended up with wasted hours of picking up lighting/waiting at home. I will be asking for my money back. Very disappointed in this entire situation. I will not be using Randy's or referring them to anyone.Member Comments:The company charged us $254.75 to change a light bulb!!!!!Member Comments:The technician arrived on time and then proceeded to show me some laminated sheet with his charges to do this work...it said one thing like $239 to install an outlet.Member Comments:When he was leaving he explained they were a Christian company and gave me a religious tract. Here is the problem - after he left I looked up the light fixture he provided and it retailed for under $30 and I was charged $239 for it. My fault for not checking right away, but an 800% markup is not acceptable business practice.Member Comments:It wound up costing about $600 more, which I thought was too high. I think if I'd done 3 separate visits, it could have cost that much, but it was all in 1 trip which I felt was over priced. I also didn't like how much proselytizing they did.Member Comments:Less then one hour later and $456 lighter in the wallet he was done. The price to do this work was over the top.Do not use. Four times as expensive as a regular electrician. He charged $160 to change one outlet (10 minutes of work). Don't fall for $49 to come out. They know once you have paid that, they got you. It doesn't go towards final price as was told on the phone. Also, lied about completing the work in one day. Do yourself a favor and PICK SOMEONE ELSE