$500??????? Mine is now almost $1500 a year. 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" Intrepid Video Support wrote: >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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