Sticking with a show until episode 4" is basically how I feel about most things in life now. Like jobs, relationships, even trying a new restaurant, you gotta give it one more shot before you write it off forever. Sometimes the good stuff just takes forever to show up, you know?

$215 after four months in Phoenix sounds like a win honestly. My buddy pays that every single month in July with a central unit that works fine. The window unit dying after 4 months sucks but $200 is the cost of one repair call on a heat pump. Landlords dont offer free stuff out of kindness, so I'd be asking what the catch is with that $30 electric bump. Maybe the math works out over a year, maybe not, but a dead compressor in 4 months is just bad luck on a cheap unit.

wait, they just straight up ignored the blend door actuator? that's like, the first thing any decent mechanic checks when AC acts up. i had a similar thing happen with my camry, dealer quoted me a whole new condenser, but my cousin literally wiggled the actuator and boom, fixed. it's wild how they go for the most expensive option without even looking at the cheap stuff first. honestly feels like they bank on people not knowing any better. good on your buddy for catching that, saved you over a grand. i'd be leaving a review about that dealer for sure, people need to know.