Septic fields, am I being ripped off?

There are a lot of variables here including area so I can't share a suggested cost/price. But IF your soil is as good as they say it speaks of an easy job. I am not in the business but have put a few in my day including my own. I cannot tell you cost as you are in a different area for sure. But some things that would give me a clue that I was being ripped off would be the high pressure they have put on you. And the fact that they started without permission and the real killer for me would be that fact that they cannot give a quote and stick to it. And I will say that the $24,000 quote is way to high for around here....way too high!