[TechAssist] Re: TV pick up rates for various size portables?

  • From: "teltek3" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 21:14:39 -0400

Yeah..I do that too, but only for my regular customers, that have been with
me for years. We sort of grew old together. Can't do that for new customers
though....word travels quick among the "gereatrics" crowd.

-Ed-
.
Tel-Tek Electronics
Ontario-Canada

teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Intrepid Video Support" <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 8:43 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: TV pick up rates for various size portables?


>
> Senior citizens and disabled I pick up/deliver free....only 27" and
smaller.
> I don't know any other shop that does this, but I don't care...I don't
expect these people to lug their sets to me as well as I
> don't expect them to have the extra funds to pay for pickup and delivery.
>
>
> Jeff Dougherty
> Intrepid Video TV/VCR
> 263 S Front St
> Steelton PA 17113
> fax...717-564-4952
> www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Philip Bader" <tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 9:14 AM
> Subject: [TechAssist] TV pick up rates for various size portables?
>
>
>
> Not to open a can of worms here but as of late probably due to our aging
> population (and the larger CRT sizes in "portables") More of my
> customers say "I understand you cannot fix it here, but it's too
> heavy.What would you charge me in additionto  your in -shop estimate fee
> to pick it up? (and deliver,I assume).
> On my 25-32 inch portables I get 39.00 shop est fee up front,applicable
> to final bill.
> What is  the average charge to, say locally go pick up a 27 inch
> portable? Assuming I collect my 39.00 est fee up front as well, what
> would be a reasonable pick up fee?
> And should we "split" it as a fee for pick up now, and later a fee for
> delivery if they cannot arrange to get it themselves?
> Just some thoughts. I know the deal of "you know what your time is
> worth" but we all do and can't get it much of the time anyway.So it's a
> trade off.
> Fifty bucks each way? Or $25.00 pick up,$25.00 del? 39.00??? What!
> Feed back!
> Phil Bader
> --
> Philip Bader
> Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976)
> 3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880
> Fax (863) 299-8821
> email: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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