[TechAssist] Re: bad checks??
- From: "Jeff Farnsworth" <jlfonz@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 19:10:33 -0500
This is not usually true. I found that most of these people were over the
top a holes had few friends---and those friends they had KNEW they were
Aholes. My policy was (in the bad cases) was I didn't want the buisness of
anyone that would call these people their friends. I had a good enough
buisness at the time and didnt need the grief. I guarentee you that the guy
that got the free antenna still griped about it. that is the liberal
welfare mentality. BTW My shop was right next to a fairly active pawn shop
for the last 6 years I was open.
TV Doctor
Avalon, Wi
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From: "Doug Keller" <dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 2:15 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: bad checks??
> Yeah. If you lose a little to satisfy a customer, then they CAN'T say
> you're a liar or cheat, etc. They'll have to tell that you treated them
> like gold, whereas if he hadn't given the bum an antenna for free, the
> SOB would have went out of his way to tell everyone in town about you
> guys "breaking" his antenna and not making good on it. Word of mouth is
> both the best AND worst advertising you have.
>
> Doug Keller
> Wis-Kel Electronics
> 101 Freeland Ave.
> Terra Alta, WV
> USA 26764
> dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> "Learn from the mistakes of others, because you
> won't live long enough to make them all yourself"
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>
> Hoyt's TV wrote:
>
> >Yep, it just ain't worth it sometimes, and you have to let it go.
> >That was very difficult for me to do for the first few years I was in
> >business, but the mental relief when you decide to release it is well
worth
> >it. Luckily there aren't many who will try to screw you.
> >
> >Once, when I was just a pup, and I was working for someone else, I went
on a
> >delivery and on the way back we stopped by a house where they complained
> >about a snowy picture. There was no one home but all we had to do was
look
> >up at the antenna to see why, didn't even get out of the truck. Later I
was
> >in the shop when I heard the owner give a guy a new antenna for free
because
> >he was griping. I asked him about it after the guy left and found out he
was
> >the guy whose house we stopped at and saw the antenna with the elements
> >broken off, laying on the roof and ground, and hanging down. He claimed
we
> >broke his antenna. I could never understand why the owner just gave him a
> >new one to take home, until I had been in business for quite a few years
> >myself, then it all began to make sense. It ain't worth fighting over.
> >
> >Russ Hoyt
> >Hoyt's TV
> >Exeter, NH
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Paul" <dntwntv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 1:30 PM
> >Subject: [TechAssist] Re: bad checks??
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Hi Larry
> >> From the replies so far, it seems we have all been taken at one
time
> >>
> >>
> >or another. If your in business, of just about any kind, for any length
of
> >time, you have to deal with people who take advantage of you if they
can.
> >As you can see there is no" one way" to deal with your situation. I have
> >usually written it off the few I have had in 25 years, as a bad debt.
Reason
> >being that most of the other effective alternatives,are more costly in
the
> >long run. If you have the time and the inclination, and you use a work
> >invoice that has a repairman's lien clause in it, and if you have a law
> >enforcement agency that is willing to help,you can can take possession of
> >the equipment till the bill is satisfied. However this may not prove to
be
> >profitable in the long run either. One other thing if you don't get a
> >diagnostic fee up front, you might want to start. At least you have some
> >thing for your effort.
> >
> >
> >> Paul
> >>
> >>larry <schntv@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>i had an experience i didnt know how to solve.
> >>i repaired a tv, customer picked up and paid 75 with check.
> >>10 days later i get a letter from my bank saying they withdrew
> >>the 75 from my account because the check was stop payment.
> >>i called the customer and would always be told the man wasnt home,
> >>finally i did talk to him a week later.
> >>he said he stooped payment because he didnt think it was good
> >>enough picture.
> >>i said why didnt you call me , or bring it back , so i could
> >>make it right.
> >>at least let me have my parts back.
> >>he said no.
> >>and that i should take him to court for the 75 if i like. and
> >>hung up.
> >>i contacted my attorney, who said forget it , you been screwed.
> >>the set probably works fine and he knows you cant afford to
> >>sue him.
> >>and since then i found that he could have also stooped payment
> >>on a credit card if he had used one.
> >>are there any answers to this type of problem???
> >>Larry
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>--
> >>Schneider TV & Electronic Inc.
> >>5415 N. Wooster ave.
> >>Dover, Ohio 44622 www.geocities.com/schntv2000/
> >>330-343-0768 FCC. first class & Extra class K8WLY
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