I remember renting a house once and the gas water heater went out. The landlord replaced it... with another cheap-ass gas water heater with a pilot light.
"they're more reliable" he said
maybe he's right, but it definitely used more gas which he didn't pay for.
EDIT: oh wait, we had a gas heater problem too. It wouldn't heat the house. (same landlord) When the service guy came over, he tried working on it, but eventually threw a huge fit. <LandLord> this is a piece of crap, it is the original heater from the house, too old and decrepit to get going again. You just have to replace it.
I think the service guy was actually a decent, upstanding guy and he knew what he was doing.
Landlord put in a new heating system, and lo and behold... the house actually got warm easily and the gas bill dropped over half.
"they're more reliable" he said
maybe he's right, but it definitely used more gas which he didn't pay for.
EDIT: oh wait, we had a gas heater problem too. It wouldn't heat the house. (same landlord) When the service guy came over, he tried working on it, but eventually threw a huge fit. <LandLord> this is a piece of crap, it is the original heater from the house, too old and decrepit to get going again. You just have to replace it.
I think the service guy was actually a decent, upstanding guy and he knew what he was doing.
Landlord put in a new heating system, and lo and behold... the house actually got warm easily and the gas bill dropped over half.