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Re: work dead
Martin wrote:
Wash your mouth out with soap & water…Shhss now!…Many of the guys reading this depend on Repaircare for a share of the action….what is he like eh?:rolls:
Its a difficult situation to be in, I get that, but clients in an area you cover are paying stupid money to a company for doing nothing but passing details to some local repair guy, who most likely is struggling to make any money.
Its not only bankers who take too much.
Re: work dead
Maybe their goin to Repaircare, which for us in the trade is a bit like shooting yourself in the foot.
It’s great if your the guy doin the repair, no not really, someone is paying lots of money to someone not doin much and the guy doin it isn’t getting paid much, the someone paying too much could be paying the someone doin the work more and forget paying the someone not doin much. 😆
Re: work dead
I miss the days of grease and dirty. 😥
Today the hardest thing I did was tell a guy his Beko bearings had failed, he did not even want to know the price. :rolls:
Re: work dead
Its the knock on effect from last yr regarding warranty work, although we’ve been increasing the last few weeks on stuff newly installed & knackered.
Sales increased slightly in the first few months and local kitchen installers have been busier.
Older stuff though is becoming rare, most want a price over the phone and seem to prefer the local cowboy who seems to be able to offer repairs for £20 a pop plus parts, although I have had a few calls recently as they can’t get any answer once he’s fixed it hmm I mean flucked it. :rolls:
Re: repairmanacademy.com
Either I’m confused or there are some really stupid people around, even more than my Beko clients.
# Be able to service at least 12 more jobs a week (at £58 labour plus parts)
# Pay within 48hrs for completed jobs given via paypal!
# Be prepared to pay £20-£25 for each job completed
# These terms and conditions are flexible and could be changed with 30 days prior notice, but the fees will not change upwards.So they paying me £58 a job, within 48 hrs, but I pay them £20-£25 for each job and they can change the T&C’s allowing them to reduce the charges.
Reminds me of a certain vac company from the USA.
😆
kwatt wrote:It’s called a Trio, made by Candy and has been around for decades. 😉
K.
Have they sold in the UK then, never seen one.
Re: Smeg, always surprising
You can also get what looks like an old style freestanding cooker, the top section that was the grill is the oven and the bottom section is a dishwasher. :rolls:
Re: Indesit £74.95
Well thats a bargain then.
There seems to be a countrywide opinion that if you use a well known brand, you’ll get a superior service.
I pass our cities new Jamie Oliver resturant daily, (opposite John Lewis, so you know the class of client) and always find it amusing, the sight of people queuing for a table.
A mate of mine got a job there, previously he worked in the Hungry Horse chain. 😆
He’s able to do stuff with a microwave that’ll make your eyes water. 😀
Quality food. 😉
Re: Connect Prices
My local guys manage to beat the bigger guys almost everytime.
I order 2 components, free DHL delivery, ordered at 3pm, in my hand by 9.15am the next day.
From the bigger boys a door seal that was to take 2 days, I’m still waiting on 2 weeks and there response was to go to my local post office and ask if they got it.
Re: Connect Prices
Repaircare and Connect distribution.
Do the maths its not rocket science. :rolls:
Re: Indesit £74.95
I ordered a fan motor for a Diplomat, it has a small PCB just visable and cheapest genuine part I could find was £57 from Here funnily.
I ordered a cheaper one thinking it was the same, both referenced by model no and only when I recieved it did i notice it did not have the pcb and it was the same as one I had lying around.
The pattern one on UKW was £51.00 ish, slightly higher than the price of the one I ordered.
Fitted this AM, no problems, not having the pcb does not seem to have made an issue and could have fitted the one I already had.
Its becoming a full time job finding parts, more annoying when several machines all have the exact same part all with different prices from the same supplier and completely different to other suppliers.
Any other industry have this issue, I’m glad going to Tesco or Asda only makes a few pounds difference.
We all expect a small fluctuation, but come on try selling a steak in one shop for £80 and the same steak from the same cow in another for £30.00.
Pathetic. 👿
Re: Indesit £74.95
Is it me or is the price of parts for crap machines getting higher.
I’m finding I need to spend time cross referencing appliances and finding parts for other badged appliances cheaper, trade prices higher than retail sellers.
Are the suppliers in agreement with manufacturers to squeeze us out of the market place. 🙁
Dropping service charges and increasing spares prices, great.
