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This company responded promptly and actually showed up!  What a relief!  After having at least 5 contractors for various things not return calls or not show up for appointments in the Salinas area, it was nice to deal with a professional, reliable company. The young man they sent out was courteous, quick, and got the job done. I will definitely refer them and use them again. Thank you!

I contacted Bellows to get a quote on installing a water softener. I shopped for the water softeners on Amazon to learn about them. I read about 50 reviews of the 1000 available online. The reviews said that installation of the softener takes 1-2 hours for a novice. I figured that a professional plumber could do it faster and better than me, so I called for a quote. First, the answering service took a message. The company did not call me back for 5-6 days. Then, when they called, they would not give me a ballpark for this service or tell me their hourly rate.  I agreed to have their plumbers come give me a quote. As far as installation, this would be the easiest one in the world: the water main, a drain, and an electrical outlet are all right beside my house. So no additional plumbing is necessary. Their quote was $1850, if I provided the softener, and $2500 if I bought it from them. Remember we are talking about 2 hours work for a novice. They said that all 50 of the online reviewers were overly optimistic, and it would take them 5 hours to do this installation. That makes their hourly rate $370/hour.
Then, they sent me an accidental invoice for giving me a bid.

Hi Tech AV did a full home theater system for us including Audio Rack 4k projector.  They also ran ethernet cat 6 throughout our whole house and did a fantastic job.  Professional and timely.  I highly recommend them for any home theater setup.