How Do You Ensure You’re Not Being Ripped Off on Appliance Repairs?
Kitchen Ceiling + Water = Bad
A few years ago (5 1/2 to be exact), our washing machine overflowed. We discovered this when our daughter walked into our bedroom and announced, rather matter-of-factly, that water was coming through the kitchen ceiling.
The Front Loader
After the obligatory “dance” with ServePro and the insurance company, we replaced the offending unit with a (quite lovely) front loading washer from Sears. it’s great for washing clothes. And cell phones. And pens.
The Conversation…
Seems one of the aforementioned objects has done some damage. I know this because the spin cycle now sounds like a shuttle launch, there are pieces of shredded plastic in the pockets of my favorite khakis. So, ‘who ya gonna call’, and how do you make sure you’re not being ripped off?
The Podcast…
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lmao again Bruce… and you’re correct, the odds are better at a casino! One way to avoid being ‘taken to the cleaners’ by a appliance repair is NOT to have the appliance in the first place. (Remember here, i’m a bachelor, and can get away with this course.)
I buy a used washing machine, typicaly less than $100 bucks-repairs and parts cost way more, and wash medium loads. (My back up is a rock and a stick across the street at Baldwin’s Pond, oh, and the 78 year old lady too.) After washing, they go to the solar powered linear dryer… and then I pray that Gil’s forecast was correct… I do not have a dish washer, absent the guy sitting in this chair and typing this out… so, AVOIDANCE is my solution… not good for everybody, but good for moi’… oh, and my Uniforms, dry cleaners, all the way babe…
Good point, Jeff – avoidance, the “first cousin of procrastination” is an important, yet often overlooked strategy.