deposit to service a machine??
08-18-2011, 04:10 AM
#61
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Colorado
Posts: 1,388
I recently was given a machine to pass on to a friend. When I took my embroidery machine in to the shop to get the needle threader repaired (cost me $10.00 and was done in a matter of minutes... no labor charge!), the repairman told me it would cost about $100.00 to tune the old machine. I bet the machine wouldn't get $75.00 at a garage sale. He told me it would make better sense to spend a few dollars more and just get a brand-new simple machine. He said he would do a $15.00 trade-in on the old machine because he could use it for parts.
I wouldn't be surprised at all if he required a deposit on repairs when the repairs are worth more than the machines. If he doesn't, then he should definitely make sure that he gets a signature that makes him the owner of the machine if not paid for within a certain amount of time.
I wouldn't be surprised at all if he required a deposit on repairs when the repairs are worth more than the machines. If he doesn't, then he should definitely make sure that he gets a signature that makes him the owner of the machine if not paid for within a certain amount of time.
08-18-2011, 07:32 PM
#63
Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Kansas
Posts: 109
I would not take my machine to someone I was not familiar with so therefore that should take care of the deposit policy. I also have never shopped or dealt with a dealer that doesn't take trade ins. If they are areputable dealer ther should be no question that they take trades. Not everyone can afford a new machine and many older or used machines are better than new ones.
08-18-2011, 08:04 PM
#64
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: WI
Posts: 706
If your repair person has gotten burned in the past it's not unheard of.- they may have had no shows, very overdue pick ups or people who wiggle out of payment by canceling a check or card payment. We have shops near us honest and not. Those who are honest have a sign posted of a minimum bench fee for looking at a machine if they choose to enforce it.That said they also have made it clear if they can't fix it they don't charge. One of our local shops has done this for 2 generations and have on many occations told a customer who isn't paying cash to just stop back in when they have it so the charges for running the card isn't more then the cost of the work. We restore machines and refer people to businesses like that instead of taking their work.
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