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Posted by Howard Beale on January 12, 2008, 6:05 pm
Bob Jackson wrote:
> My garage door was serviced a couple of years ago but recently began making
> a squealing sounds. I've gotten a couple of coupons for a $49 "winter
> maintenance special" or "tune-up" that's supposed to cover minor things like
> lubrication and simple adjustments and I'm considering using one of them.
> When I called the place that last serviced the door and asked them if they
> offered something similar, they said that their minimum charge for something
> similar is $95 and said that the places that offer those $49 coupons will
> tend to find something that needs to be fixed and that I'd wind up paying a
> lot more than $49.
>
> My question is this: can anyone speak to their claim about the $49 just
> being a way for companies to get their foot in the garage door (pun
> intended)? Have people on here relied on these $49 specials without being
> told they needed much more expensive repairs, or is it the company that I
> called and spoke to that's trying to overcharge me?
IMHO any the "cheap checkup" offers for anything are generally just leaders
to find something wrong that they can charge you to fix. Just tell the guy
you're not interested in anything outside of the $49 tuneup, and write down
and make sure he does everything on the tuneup list.
Ironically, though, I'd be kind of interested in that; its a lot more than
$49 or even $95 to get your garage door fixed when it breaks, usually at
the LEAST convenient time and there seems to be some black magic to fixing
them as far as I can tell.
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