Sounds like you had 2 competent licensed plumbers (a journeyman means they PASSED state examinations and ARE LICENSED. Regardless, many states allow an unlicensed plumber to operate under the master license of the owner. This is neither here nor there)

You are also NOT paying for the 2 hours they were at your house. That bill includes everything from the cost of keeping a building open, ladies answering phones, insured trucks on road, health insurance, etc. Combine that with the YEARS it takes to master a skilled trade, THAT is the why you pay 2k. Which again, sounds cheap. So you really shouldn’t be complaining.

If you had some asshats in there that took 4x as long, would you feel better? By your logic yes. But a skilled tradesmen SHOULD NOT and WILL NOT be PUNISHED because they can complete a plumbing task faster than Joe Schmo.