Ok...I can understand your point. If your in a highly competitve area, you're right, put a "hook" on it. As I said before...in this area Shops are at a premium, If I'm closed for a day, for a Doctors appointment, or Service Seminar, I know they will be back tomorrow. Location...location..location..;-) -Ed- . Tel-Tek Electronics Ontario-Canada teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Electric Medic" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 10:46 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: TV pick up rates for various size portables? > > Hey Ed. I don't want to give the customer the incentive to transport > the set themselves. They might transport it to one of the other 12 shops in > the area. It cost so much on yellow page ads, (1200 per month), to get them > to call, I want to hook them right away. If I do not schedule them right > when they call, they may call someone else or drop it off at a closer shop > to their home. They call us, we schedule them. I haven't had a customer > question me "why it's > costing him just as much, after bringing it in himself, as it does if you > had picked it up and delivered it"? mainly because usually if we pick up > sets from a customer we usually always pick them up from that same customer > if they use us again. Or if a customer brings them in, they always bring > them in, so there is not much of a comparison. > > Perry Bower, (EHEER) Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Repairer > Electric Medic > "It's Cheaper to Keep Her" > http://www.electricmedic.com > Free Electronic Screensaver: > http://www.eyetide.com/download/?s=O3OfmSLHXygGHCv1W6Gz3Bgjtq3DNNMNdcKsYSVGC > 3850 Washington Road Suite 5b > Augusta, Georgia 30907 > Phone: 706-8MEDIC4 (863-3424) > Phone: 706-863-3474 > Fax: 706-863-2316 > mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Factory Trained Authorized Service Center For: APEX, Curtis Mathes, Fisher, > GE, KEC/KTV, > Konka, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Philips Magnavox, Pioneer, ProSCAN, RCA, > Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp, SONY, Technics, Toshiba, Zenith > > Provide Extended care for: AON, Circuit City, GE Contracts, Glass Agency, > Philips Contracts, NEW, Rex > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of teltek3 > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 10:36 PM > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: TV pick up rates for various size portables? > > > > Perry; > Only problem with that is, it gives the customer no incentive to transport > the set themselves. > I guess it's OK if you have a couple of guys on, anyway. Might as well put > them to use. But as a one-man shop, I can not spend my Bench Time on the > road picking up and delivering at a no charge basis. > I'm sure that the pick up and Delivery charge is reflected in your final > bill, although not necessarily itemized. Most of us give the customer the > option to save some money, by bringing it in themselves. But this is due to > manpower. Have you never had a customer question your charges, why it's > costing him just as much, after bringing it in himself, as it does if you > had picked it up and delivered it? I know I would. > > -Ed- > . > Tel-Tek Electronics > Ontario-Canada > > teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Electric Medic" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 10:14 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: TV pick up rates for various size portables? > > > > > > We pickup and deliver free with or without a repair approval for all > > customers. It doesn't matter if you are a 100 year old disabled person or > a > > 20 year old bodybuilder. We charge $35 up front deposit on a 27" TV if a > > customer brings us the set or we pick it up. And if they approve the > repair > > the $35 is applied to the repair so really the estimate is free too, with > > repair. We do the same on PTV's. It cost the customer $100 if they bring > it > > to us or we pick it up. Of course we bring in all sets that are called in, > > we have two men that all they do is pickup and deliver 8 hours a day. That > > way all technicians can stay on the bench where they can make us money, > and > > we never have to worry about sending a tech to the house without all the > > repair parts needed and having to make multiple trips. Plus we like to > cook > > the set for a couple of days, that really cuts down on recalls. Another > good > > thing is that if it is a five minute fix you do not have to justify why > you > > are charging that much for a five minute fix. For us it is the best way > and > > it seems to be for our customers. With us picking and delivering them up > > everyday they get their sets back pretty fast. > > > > Perry Bower, (EHEER) Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Repairer > > Electric Medic > > "It's Cheaper to Keep Her" > > http://www.electricmedic.com > > Free Electronic Screensaver: > > > http://www.eyetide.com/download/?s=O3OfmSLHXygGHCv1W6Gz3Bgjtq3DNNMNdcKsYSVGC > > 3850 Washington Road Suite 5b > > Augusta, Georgia 30907 > > Phone: 706-8MEDIC4 (863-3424) > > Phone: 706-863-3474 > > Fax: 706-863-2316 > > mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Factory Trained Authorized Service Center For: APEX, Curtis Mathes, > Fisher, > > GE, KEC/KTV, > > Konka, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Philips Magnavox, Pioneer, ProSCAN, RCA, > > Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp, SONY, Technics, Toshiba, Zenith > > > > Provide Extended care for: AON, Circuit City, GE Contracts, Glass Agency, > > Philips Contracts, NEW, Rex > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Philip Bader > > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 9:14 AM > > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > 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. 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