Max Since you are located in the state of Illinois Are you a member of E.S.D.A of Illinois? And, did you know about their summer conference in Peoria? T. Clancy Harms NESDA Region 7 Director Dick's Radio & TV, Inc. 2319 West Clay St. St. Charles, MO. 63301 (636)-724-5055 (636)-724-5531 fax email; dicksradiotv@xxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Bonnell" <mebonnell@xxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 6:23 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA ASC > Ed, if you are making $200 K a year I will be up to help you. Ha. > By the way my shop is at home also. > > Max Bonnell > Bonnell TV > Robinson, IL > > > > Sender: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx From: > teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx(Tel-Tek) Date: Mon, May 24, 2004, 6:41pm (CDT+1) > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA ASC Update: > Reply=A0to: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > You sure do. > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Since 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. > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0I 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). > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0She asked me if I had gone with another > Insurance Company, and I told her No. > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0So now I have my Business Insurance reinstated, > with 1 Million Liability, for an extra $100 a year. That I can take. > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0She 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: > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Dunno 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 ! > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Another > 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 =A0 =A0 =A0 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?". 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