My Mother hired a licensed electrician to install 1 ethernet drop in her home office. She already had a preexisting tp-link setup in the basement. She showed me the invoice today which totaled $958.00! I’m shocked and disgusted. Feels like they took advantage of my Mother.
I told my Mother to call them first thing tomorrow morning to see if they possibly made a mistake. If not, I advised her to never do business with that company again. This seems like highway robbery. Is there anything else she can do?
I typically tell people to expect $200-$250 per drop location. I usually specify location because running 1, 2, 4, 6, etc wires to the same location is the same amount of work. Obviously cost of materials increases a bit, but not by much unless they’re long runs.
Considering OP said there is drop ceiling in the basement, that makes this a TON easier. I would have quoted $250 for the single run, and offered to run two cables.