Free Appliance Repair Training vs. Paid Training

Free resources are available on the internet, and some of them are very helpful, but paid training can catapult you onto the next level that free training can’t. Free appliance repair training takes longer to accumulate the knowledge that paid training can condense into a much shorter period of time. There is a huge amount of free …

How to Start an Appliance Repair Business

A few years ago I decided to start a major appliance repair business, and I succeeded.  Here’s a recap of how I did it: 1.  I looked for appliance repair training, including books, appliance repair training schools, free appliance repair training, and online appliance repair training courses: The best appliance repair book I found was Troubleshooting and Repairing …

Sears is Going Out of Business! – A Golden Opportunity

 Sears has over 7,000 technicians running appliance service calls and those technicians are scared to death that Sears is going under and that they are going to be out of work. This translates into a gold mine for all of the independent appliance repair companies. Customers will be scrambling to find someone to repair all …

Uncle Harry’s Mobile Appliance Wizard Review

Lack of experience was the hardest obstacle I faced as a new appliance repair technician.  Nothing was harder when I  started out taking service calls than to be at a customer’s house and literally not be sure what my next move forward was. Back when I started out, the only thing I could do was to study Uncle Harry’s materials ahead of a service call as much …

Review of Uncle Harry’s Appliance Repair Training

I bought Uncle Harry’s appliance repair technician home study course and used it to successfully start my appliance repair business, which I write about in my startup blog.  In retrospect, this is how I feel about the value of Uncle Harry’s materials and support. When I started out, I knew absolutely NOTHING about the appliance repair business, and I …

Raising My Rates

When I started my appliance repair business, I decided to undercut my competition’s rates by 10% to convert sales, book lots of calls, and build a loyal customer base. To be honest, I also charged lower rates so I could feel comfortable during service calls considering my inexperience.  Basically, I wanted to be cheap enough that nobody …