deposit to service a machine??
#51
:shock: they are to me :D :D
"Not so sure some of the machines are a "viable piece of merchandise"...
another thing I noticed as I worked my way through the dealers (looking to add to the pack :) is that none of them really take trade ins. I was looking for a used machine...
"Not so sure some of the machines are a "viable piece of merchandise"...
another thing I noticed as I worked my way through the dealers (looking to add to the pack :) is that none of them really take trade ins. I was looking for a used machine...
#52
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Originally Posted by IngeMK
:shock: they are to me :D :D
"Not so sure some of the machines are a "viable piece of merchandise"...
another thing I noticed as I worked my way through the dealers (looking to add to the pack :) is that none of them really take trade ins. I was looking for a used machine...
"Not so sure some of the machines are a "viable piece of merchandise"...
another thing I noticed as I worked my way through the dealers (looking to add to the pack :) is that none of them really take trade ins. I was looking for a used machine...
#53
Originally Posted by kathidahl
Originally Posted by IngeMK
:shock: they are to me :D :D
"Not so sure some of the machines are a "viable piece of merchandise"...
another thing I noticed as I worked my way through the dealers (looking to add to the pack :) is that none of them really take trade ins. I was looking for a used machine...
"Not so sure some of the machines are a "viable piece of merchandise"...
another thing I noticed as I worked my way through the dealers (looking to add to the pack :) is that none of them really take trade ins. I was looking for a used machine...
#56
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Originally Posted by IngeMK
Originally Posted by kathidahl
Originally Posted by IngeMK
:shock: they are to me :D :D
"Not so sure some of the machines are a "viable piece of merchandise"...
another thing I noticed as I worked my way through the dealers (looking to add to the pack :) is that none of them really take trade ins. I was looking for a used machine...
"Not so sure some of the machines are a "viable piece of merchandise"...
another thing I noticed as I worked my way through the dealers (looking to add to the pack :) is that none of them really take trade ins. I was looking for a used machine...
#57
I don't know if the reason for asking for the deposit is the same, but a TV repair shop owner that was a good friend of mine started asking for deposits for TV repair when years went by and folks didn't pick up the TV's. He had to stor them and finally get rid of them and it was a HUGE expense
to him with all the charges HE had to pay to get rid of the unwanted items. This may be the same for the sewing machine repair man....
to him with all the charges HE had to pay to get rid of the unwanted items. This may be the same for the sewing machine repair man....
#58
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Georgia
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That's the same thing I went through here in Macon. I dropped my machine off and they were going to charge me $25.00 to have the repair guy take the embroidery unit with him. That wouldn't have been applied to any service work, it was just for him taking the unit with the machine.
I brought it back home and took it to the dealer I bought it from in Kentucky when we went up there for a visit. They never charge for the service man to take the embroidery unit.
I brought it back home and took it to the dealer I bought it from in Kentucky when we went up there for a visit. They never charge for the service man to take the embroidery unit.
#59
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Location: Milton DE
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Hey, we have service people here in NY who charge a fee just for coming out to your hse to give an est. Anywhere from 60-80 has to be pd in advance even if you don't use their service after you get the est. to fix the object...
#60
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Originally Posted by IngeMK
So I took my Janome 6600 and an older Kenmore to my dealer for service..... I almost had to laugh, they asked for $25.00 Deposit on the work. Really? I leave over $1500.00 worth of machines there and have to pay 25 bucks???? Do they think I won't pick them up??
I'm more amused than anything, BUT is this normal to do for a shop?
I'm more amused than anything, BUT is this normal to do for a shop?
He took me to his storage room. Turns out that a fair number of people really do abandon their sewing machines. I was flabbergasted. He had 10 or more sewing machines in there that customers had abandoned and they weren't all cheap ones, either. He'd accepted them before he instituted contracts, so he felt he couldn't sell them or give them away. All he could do was let them take up room in his storage area.
He said that people still abandoned their machines at least a couple times a year, but with the deposit and the ability to sell them to recoup his costs, it didn't bother him so much.
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