[911dean]

You do the math... Can you send a truck and qualified tech out for $38?

Unfortunately many company's want to only sell you new equipment. In my honest opinion residential equipment is becoming throw away. If it's over 10 years old a $800-1000 repair is tough to swallow. Most new equipment can be had with a 10 year parts and labor warranty. One big catch... yearly maintenance required to keep warranty. Let's just say $200 a year service contract for 10 years is $2000. That's a lot of furnace/ac repair for brand new equipment over 10 years.