Is my home warranty replacement quote too high?
Home warranty companies often push expensive system replacements, claiming massive discounts while still quoting $8,000 to $10,000 for the final cost. They make it impossible to verify if these prices are normal by refusing to share the technician's actual written report. Without seeing what the technician wrote, you cannot tell if the high price is justified or simply inflated.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
Share your steps and trade-offs so fellow engineers don't have to reinvent the wheel. No account required.
- 1Call a 2nd opinion, and get s couple extra quotes.Did this help you?
- 2leave home warranty out of itDid this help you?
- 3repair the existing unit instead of replacing itDid this help you?
- 4Opting for high-quality timber grain fiberglass doors that are cheaper and more weather-resistantDid this help you?
- 5Getting multiple quotes from different contractors or door manufacturers to compareDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Home Warranty company has not sent me the report that was written by the technician despite my request to see a copy.”source ↗
“Due to the age of the furnace, the warranty company gave me three Goodman furnace options with what they claimed was a two grand off of wholesale pricing discount. Final Cost is between $8k and $10k depend, depending on which furnace option I choose.”source ↗