If you're having problems with your garage door, most of us would call a repair company to get it fixed as soon as possible. But act too quickly, and agree to a low- priced estimate, and you could end up the victim of a garage door ripoff.

Jamie Oneill encountered this problem when a spring snapped on her garage door.

"I got on my phone and did a search for garage door services near me," Oneill said.

She called the first company she found. The repairperson gave a $400 estimate for one spring and $500 estimate for a pair.

The price sounded reasonable. But she says the worker, who arrived in an unmarked van, slapped on additional fees for more parts.

"It was knock, knock, knock, we have another problem," she said. "By the time we got done, it was springs, drums, cords, braces."

Her tot

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