Best Sewer Line Backup in Denver CO

This is complaint about the plumbing industry in general and the price of the work in particular. You cannot get any idea of a general price unless a tech comes out to your property which, of course involves a trip charge. Once there you get your estimate, if you don't like it, well there is your trip charge and you've just added it to the next person who you try to get an estimate from, you are a bit of a hostage. I am asking for an ESTIMATE, not a firm price and while I'm not a plumbing expert, I do have an idea of what the problem most likely is.Now, the job was exactly what I told them when I called to get an appointment. My toilet was leaking at the base and needed to be reset with new wax, exactly what the tech told me upon his inspection (two screws, move the toilet, clean the area, new wax, inspect, replace the wax,, reset the toilet. The valve was 10 minutes start to finish). The tech also replaced the shut off valve and the entire job was done in less than 1 hour, total cost, $634.00.As a customer, your home is leaking, and the person is there, what do you do? If you try another company, which will be the same scenario, more time and expense and the leak continues.NOTE: My tech was polite, professional and a very pleasant individual, his work was quick, efficient and thorough, this is not a complaint against him, but, my god, the cost!At 70 years of age, I can no longer do this work myself and have to rely on others to do what I no longer can. It isn't Tipping Hat per se, it is the way the industry works and a company can do it better if they chose to. I feel taken of advantage of by the whole industry, yes prices everywhere have gone up we all are subject to that, but again, the price for the work done..