I’ve been burned twice now by electricians who quoted me one thing on the phone and then magically found a bunch of extra problems once they showed up. The last guy tried to convince me I needed a whole new panel because a single breaker kept tripping. I got a second opinion and it turned out to be a loose wire that took twenty minutes to fix. After that mess I asked around on Nextdoor and a neighbor mentioned a trusted electrician in Palo Alto who she’s used for years. I was skeptical but gave him a call. He actually showed up when he said he would, explained what he was doing without talking down to me, and charged exactly what he quoted. He even pointed out a few things that could wait instead of pushing me to do everything now. It’s sad that basic honesty feels rare but here we are. If you’re tired of getting upsold every time you call someone, I’d say keep asking neighbors until you find the real ones. They exist, it just takes some digging.