Yup. Not uncommon to get a really high quote when someone really does not want to do the work. We had a florescent light in a utility room that my Bride wante

Yup. Not uncommon to get a really high quote when someone really does not want to do the work. We had a florescent light in a utility room that my Bride wanted to replace with another light fixture. She called a contractor who quoted $2k labor to swap in her new hardware - a 20 minute job for an amateur like me. Another contractor had offered to install 3 new toilets for about $6K labor. These prices were so far out of expectations they were really saying we don't want to do these gigs... nicely. (or take your money if you don't know any better... hard to say which) I once had a gig where I was told to go directly to the airport. They booked one of the nicest hotels, nicest flights, half way around the world and charged them a small fortune for me to show them they ate an Exception. Apparently our company had really tried to say no, and charged them an unholy amount of money... and they still said yes.