You sure do. Since I have a Business attached to the house, I was paying $590 a year just for the business. Beginning of this year they wanted to up it to $700, and I had no Claims. I told them to shove it. Since the Shop is attached to my House, if I had a fire, or total loss, I would be covered for Building and Content anyway. So I lost Liability. Lat week I get a call from my broker to renew my House Insurance, and since they had dropped Economical Mutual, wanted to know if they could underwrite me with another Insurance Company. I told her sure..if the Premium is about the same. I mentioned to her why I had dropped my Business Insurance..(Because they were getting greedy). She asked me if I had gone with another Insurance Company, and I told her No. So now I have my Business Insurance reinstated, with 1 Million Liability, for an extra $100 a year. That I can take. She wanted to know if I made more then $200K a year in the business...I laughed...and I laughed...and I guess..I'm still laughing. -Ed- Tel-Tek Electronics Ontario-Canada teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Intrepid Video Support" <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 4:02 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA ASC Update: > If you have a store front, you need liability...what if someone fell inside your store, or you got robbed > and all the repaired units were stolen, or worse yet, you had a fire? > At $500 a year, the peace of mind is well worth it. > Jeff > -- > Intrepid Video TV/VCR Repair > 263 S Front St, Steelton PA 17113 > 717-939-7708; (F) 717-564-4952 > www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Technotronic Dimensions" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 12:15 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA ASC Update: > > > Doug: > > Dunno bout that. These Larger ones Like RCA and NAP seem to have > too much bureaucratic overhead going on to make any exceptions. RCA wants > you to own just about every type of Test Equipment that out there before you > can even submit the Application. Like someone else wrote, its mainly because > they want you to do all the 1st time Failures which is not Cost Effective at > all......especially if you just took out a loan for all the Test Equipment > they want you to have, you wind up working for free alot of the time, and if > you have a storefront with overhead, good luck ! > > Another interesting one is Samsung. Only thing Stopping me is the > Manditory Insurance. Yet another Expense we are to bear. Having that > Conflicts with the Idea that you are a Skilled and Professional Servicer. I > suppose there are some shops who it would come in handy if they are scared > of making a huge Blunder on a repair, but I never will take a Job if I feel > I cannot do it right in the 1st Place. Some of the larger cities have a Law > that requires Insurance too. This is one of the idiocy ideas that the rest > of the World must adopt the methods of Large Cities, because some people > there have plundered or Scammed people in the past. No one gets a Fresh > Start because of what some moron did back in X,Y,Z.....its absurd, and now > you begin to see what these Stupid Laws are doing to the Industries they > were intended to protect. They were Short Term Solutions at best. > > Steve Hearns > Technotronic Dimensions, NY [USA] > WWW.TECHNOTRONIC-DIMENSIONS.COM > 1-877-817-9885 (Voice / Fax Toll Free - US Only) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Keller" <dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 11:54 AM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA ASC Update: > > > Don't worry about it. When they get desparate enough for servicers, they > will relax their requirements. Too many shops are closing their doors. > > > Doug Keller > Wis-Kel Electronics > 101 Freeland Ave. > Terra Alta, WV > USA 26764 > dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.tech-assist.org > "Learn from the mistakes of others, because you > won't live long enough to make them all yourself" > > > > > > armando guerra wrote: > > >Thanks to all the reply's on becoming an rca asc.I downloaded the > >app.from the rca website and there are quite a few > >requirements,i.e.chipper-check which I don't have and just a few more as > >far as equipment is concerned.I talked to a rca rep.and he mentioned > >that the new chipper-check is now going to cost about $500.00.Also,the > >service lit. is about $300.00.yearly.The thing that has me worried is > >that he say's that I have to buy all the parts myself and that they will > >reinburse me at the wholesale price when I file the claim.What about if > >the claim is rejected for some reason.I get stuck with all this expense. > > > >How about the new HD parts.Can you imagine if I have 3 or 4 sets in here > >and I have to order parts for all of them.I hear most of the repairs > >will be board replacement only. > >I think that I am going to think about all this for a awhile yet before > >I decide. > >Mando > >Birdie's TV & Electronics > >Casa Grande,AZ > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > >Lost Password: > >http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > >Email Archives: > >//www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > - > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". 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