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How Long Should Your Appliances Last?

When you have to repair or replace a fancy refrigerator only two years after you purchased the unit, it can be frustrating. Yet, the 1960s dryer that you inherited from your parents is still going strong. Are modern appliances not built as well? Do refrigerators die out faster than do dryers? There are a few different factors that may determine the life of your appliance. Electronic components such as sensors and computerized displays tend to be difficult to repair or replace and can also be the most likely parts of an appliance to fail. The simpler the better here. More … Continue reading →

Free Tech Support and Troubleshooting

Is your high tech computerized dryer spitting out the clothes? Did your iPod go iKaplunk? Are your VHS and DVD player refusing to work nicely together? Before you go out and upgrade your appliance or gadget or spring for expensive technical support, why not visit this free and extensive website that offer technical support, instructions, manuals and troubleshooting for whatever ails you and your technology. FixYa (http://www.fixya.com) has a bunch of experts just waiting to help you fix your problem. With a $6 million budget, the site is filled with great stuff. FixYa consists of a community of users who … Continue reading →

Should You Formally Guarantee Your Products or Services?

While writing earlier about the process and problem of offering returns and refunds in our home businesses, I started thinking about the need to have a formal policy on guaranteeing our products or services. It seemed that for many of our home businesses, whether or not to offer a guarantee may be a big issue. Depending on the type of business you are operating, an official “guarantee” may mean many things. It really does tie in with whether or not you offer refunds and accept returns. Will you guarantee that the customer will be “satisfied” with your products or services? … Continue reading →

Are You Buying or Selling Your Home? Consider the Benefits of A Home Warranty.

A Home Warranty is an affordable and easy way to help make your home sale listing more attractive to possible home buyers. They offer protection to homeowners before, during and after the sale of the house. Buyers are assured their home investment is covered for mechanical failures of covered components for a full year and most warranty’s are renewable. A Home Warranty provides service coverage for the things the ordinary homeowner insurance policy considers as routine maintenance or ware and tare items. Homeowners who have home warranty coverage can be sure when there’s a problem with covered home systems or … Continue reading →