I'm pretty bad at estimating the costs of household repairs too. It's something they should teach you at school - xyz goes wrong, this is what it takes to fix it, this is how much it is likely to cost. That way people wouldn't get scammed by unscrupulous salespeople.
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In theory, we should be able to check the credentials of tradespeople online, including the costs - and if you book in advance you can do that. The trouble is people who simply turn up on the doorstep to do work - it's hard to say, hang on a minute, I'd like to google you before I allow you to do any work - though with hindsight, that's what I should have done.
Online ratings have definitely improved things.
But I wish there was something like Uber for tradesmen - where you could pay digitally, and there would be a money trail as well as the ability to rate the tradesman. That would put the scammers out of business for sure.