Dilemma - to pay or not to pay?
Folks: I had an issue with a vehicle that I could not figure out; I'm a pretty competent home mechanic and rarely take anything to a shop. The shop where I took it spent 4 hours on the vehicle and...
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Teebucket1313 wrote:
I have a computer repair business. Been doing this for over thirty years. I don't charge for anything I can't repair. Now if they ask me to look at it, tell them whats wrong and they want to repair it. I charge them for the time. I also let them know if it's worth repairing. I don't bill them for the time.
This is pretty standard with electric and electronic troubleshooting. As a consumer, you should adjust the expectations of the company soliciting your business.
Rewarding bad business practices is enabling said thieves to try it again and again for another success at screwing a customer out of their money for producing nothing or not solving the problem, while getting paid to do nothing of real value. Pay for problem solved, or don't pay at all.
