TV repair

[Grotesque]

Out of curiosity-

apologies if this is in the wrong forum-

 

but if you give a feller £65 to take a TV away and look at,

are you then committed to actually paying for the repair?

 

I.e., you might decide it wouldn''t be worth it, say.

 

Are are you obliged to take it back, and pay what's owed?

Cheers!

[Surfer01]

Normally you would pay a small fee for an assessment, but £65 is a bit over the top.

[Grotesque]

Indeedee, it was for collection / examination too. What I'm wondering is, do we have an implied contract for whatever the actual repair is? Thanks for help, Gold Leader.

[ericsbrother]

no.

the fee is for exactly what you said,

to collect set and find the fault.

 

I would imagine that if it is a straighforward repair that is economicla to do bearing in mind the age and value of the telly,

the engineer will just go ahead and do it.

 

If it is going to be expensive they should contact you and ask what you want to do about it.

 

they cannot just land you with a bill for hundreds and expect you to cough up when you could buy a new set for less money.

[Grotesque]

Cheers mate, that's just what I was wondering- since it's six years old, the difference between him repairing it (inc. original outlay) and a new set, 8" bigger, for only a oner more- seemed like a no-brainer- but only if we haven't inadvertently entered into something binding. Cheers!

 

All the best to Eric, BTW!

[renegadeimp]

Unles syou signed something that stated you will be paying for parts/repairs once the tv is taken away, then no. The £65 is just a (very high) examination charge.

[Grotesque]

Yeah! Well a least some b*gger in Waltham Forest will be guaranteed to get turkey again this Christmas! lol

 

Thanks for both your help. Keep an eye on ebay... if you see my telly, ask for £65 discount!

 

Cheers