alwaysaffordableappliance
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Hello everyone, Ive been a member a while but dont post often and don't know anyone here but would like to, so I just wanted to introduce myself and ask a few questions. My name is James and I am an appliance service company owner in Detroit Michigan area. I have been operating for at least 5 years and am largely self-taught or educated through online repair courses but occasionally run into situations I am unable to solve, so I in the process of trying to build a network of other technicians or repair companies I can correspond with as well as opening a line of communication with various manufacturers for technical support resources. I would love to get to know some of the more active and knowledgeable members and know where people are located, how long they have been in business. I am also interested in knowing about others experiences on the site here, how helpful they have found it and any and all advice they can give to a technician and self made service provider like myself to eliminate the knowledge gaps and plug in to the right resources to become more efficient at my trade and more effective in my business without spending thousands to do it. I certainly am not ONLY looking for free type resources, however I would like to compile as many of this type as possible and fill in gaps with paid resources.
A little background on myself;
I got into the industry slowly after selling used appliances for a while. I learn fast and continue to do so and am resourceful so I rarely if ever encounter a job I cannot complete for lack of knowledge, however I often feel that I am spending too much time and being inefficient solving the issues that I do encounter and could be far more efficient with a better network and process of staying up to date and in the know. Additionally I often have questions about the many business related aspect of the trade and owning a service company as well as whether or not there are things I could be doing better, shouldn't be doing, or maybe should start doing. I do not currently have many resources that I am able to get good answers to these questions, so if anyone has advice on this or would just be willing to exchange info to correspond over the phone or online so that we might we might provide complimentary resources to each other I would be very interested in that and grateful to make your acquaintance.
I have a reasonable foundation of knowledge and take work on brands and types of appliances regardless of previous experience or resources at hand. As stated, I complete 99% or better of these repairs if they can fixed and to this day walk in on calls for something that I have never worked on without prior knowledge and still often complete those calls in that trip. My experience is largely on older model appliances and I do sometimes have trouble solving complicated control board and design flaw related issues without a good service manual, digging up an answer online or getting direct input from somewhere.
Some of the best resources I am using at the moment are websites, youtube, other forums, compiled service manuals from previous jobs, appliantology.org, EMAServiceTips.com,
https://www.applianceblog.com, http://www.applianceaid.com etc.
Sorry for the LONG post, haha. I know its a lot but I am trying to make a strong effort to become more connected and better at what I do, getting to know other techs and business owners is important to me and this is one of the best ways I have to do that at the moment. Thanks for reading all this and welcoming me to your community, I look forward to being a more active and more informed member!
James
A little background on myself;
I got into the industry slowly after selling used appliances for a while. I learn fast and continue to do so and am resourceful so I rarely if ever encounter a job I cannot complete for lack of knowledge, however I often feel that I am spending too much time and being inefficient solving the issues that I do encounter and could be far more efficient with a better network and process of staying up to date and in the know. Additionally I often have questions about the many business related aspect of the trade and owning a service company as well as whether or not there are things I could be doing better, shouldn't be doing, or maybe should start doing. I do not currently have many resources that I am able to get good answers to these questions, so if anyone has advice on this or would just be willing to exchange info to correspond over the phone or online so that we might we might provide complimentary resources to each other I would be very interested in that and grateful to make your acquaintance.
I have a reasonable foundation of knowledge and take work on brands and types of appliances regardless of previous experience or resources at hand. As stated, I complete 99% or better of these repairs if they can fixed and to this day walk in on calls for something that I have never worked on without prior knowledge and still often complete those calls in that trip. My experience is largely on older model appliances and I do sometimes have trouble solving complicated control board and design flaw related issues without a good service manual, digging up an answer online or getting direct input from somewhere.
Some of the best resources I am using at the moment are websites, youtube, other forums, compiled service manuals from previous jobs, appliantology.org, EMAServiceTips.com,
https://www.applianceblog.com, http://www.applianceaid.com etc.
Sorry for the LONG post, haha. I know its a lot but I am trying to make a strong effort to become more connected and better at what I do, getting to know other techs and business owners is important to me and this is one of the best ways I have to do that at the moment. Thanks for reading all this and welcoming me to your community, I look forward to being a more active and more informed member!
James