The Appliance Repair Fix Kit
Built for appliance repair technicians and shops: washer, dryer, refrigerator and oven repair.
Every dollar you give away on this lane comes from being caught between two rate sheets that both underpay the hard job: the retail rate sheet, which assumes you'll collect the diagnostic fee you actually waive the moment a repair gets approved — and the manufacturer's warranty schedule, which pays a flat labor allowance per repair code built for the average job, not the one that took you an extra hour. This kit finds where the money leaks in your own work and gives you the steps and the words to close each one.
Opens secure checkout. Instant download after payment. 30 days to ask for a refund — refund policy · terms
The 7 leaks it covers
4 you can close it · 2 the other side owes it · 1 a pro decides
- Not knowing what an hour of your own labor really costs, so give-aways stay invisibleWhere to look first: Add up a month of what it costs to put you or your tech on the road: pay, payroll taxes if you have employees, insurance, van payment, fuel, phone, software, tools.Keep it from coming back: Re-run your loaded hourly cost whenever pay, insurance or van costs change, and before you sign any warranty or network agreement.You can close it
- Diagnostic fee waived by habit the moment the customer approves the repairWhere to look first: Nothing recovers fees already waived. This kit is the next ticket.Keep it from coming back: State the diagnostic fee and your credit rule when you book the call, and never send an invoice without the diagnostic line on it.You can close it
- EPA 608 card not matched or on file — the compliance floor under the haul-away feeWhere to look first: Find your EPA Section 608 card. Fridges, freezers, window AC units and dehumidifiers are 'small appliances' - the Type I (or Universal) card covers servicing them.Keep it from coming back: Card copy in the van, recovery noted on every haul-away ticket, and the haul-away billed as its own line every time.You can close it
- Estimates not itemized (labor, parts, diagnostic) and approved in writing before workWhere to look first: Before the next job, set up one estimate form for every customer, whatever state you're in.Keep it from coming back: No wrench turns until the customer has approved an itemized estimate. If the job grows, get a new OK before you continue.You can close it
- Refused parts or repair manuals by a maker on a Minnesota jobWhere to look first: When a maker or its distributor won't sell you a part, a manual, or a diagnostic tool for a Minnesota job, ask again in writing and save the reply.Keep it from coming back: Request parts and manuals in writing from the start, so a refusal is on record the first time it happens.The other side owes it
- Warranty flat-rate allowance paying less than the real time the job tookWhere to look first: On every warranty job, log real time against the repair code: drive, diagnosis, repair, and any second trip.Keep it from coming back: Log real time on every warranty ticket from the next job on, and before you sign or renew a servicer agreement, ask how extra time and second trips are paid.The other side owes it
- Self-employment tax not set aside from income that arrives with nothing withheldWhere to look first: Look at how you're paid. If it's 1099 or direct from customers, nothing has been held back for tax - including self-employment tax, which is on top of income tax.Keep it from coming back: Move the set-aside out the day money comes in, and keep the quarterly dates on your calendar a couple of weeks ahead.A pro decides
Free: one full leak from this kit
No sign-up, no email. Here is leak 1 of 7 exactly as it appears in the kit, so you can see what you get before you buy.
Not knowing what an hour of your own labor really costs, so give-aways stay invisible
You can close it- Add up a month of what it costs to put you or your tech on the road: pay, payroll taxes if you have employees, insurance, van payment, fuel, phone, software, tools.
- Count the hours you could actually bill that month (not hours on the clock).
- Cost / billable hours = your loaded hourly cost. (Worked out from your own records.)
- Set your labor rate and diagnostic fee above that number.
- Use it to price give-aways: a waived diagnostic or an underpaid warranty code costs you your loaded rate times the time it took.
The federal median wage for appliance repairers (BLS) is context only - your own number is the one that counts.
Your part: Set your rates and send the notice.
PRICE CHANGE NOTICE - to repeat customers or property managers: Subject: Updated service rates from [EFFECTIVE DATE] Hello [CUSTOMER NAME], Thank you for trusting [YOUR BUSINESS NAME] with your appliances. Starting [EFFECTIVE DATE], my rates will be: - Service call and diagnosis: $[NEW DIAGNOSTIC FEE] - Labor: $[NEW HOURLY RATE]/hour (or flat-rate pricing by repair) Any job already scheduled before that date stays at the current rate. Questions? Call me at [PHONE]. Thanks, [YOUR NAME]
Re-run your loaded hourly cost whenever pay, insurance or van costs change, and before you sign any warranty or network agreement.
What this kit can't decide for you: This kit works only from your own numbers; the decisions stay yours.
That's 1 of 7. The other 6 come the same way in the kit: steps, words to send, a habit to keep each one closed.
Opens secure checkout. Instant download after payment. 30 days to ask for a refund — refund policy · terms
What people in this work look up
When appliance repair techs and shops go looking for answers, they search things like “appliance repair business plan”, “appliance repair pricing”, “appliance repair business”, “service call fee” and “appliance repair diagnostic fee”. Those searches turn up forms, averages and other people's numbers. This kit starts from your own records instead: the 7 places money leaks in this work, where to look first and the words to send to close each one.
What you get for each leak
- Numbered steps to close each leak
- Your part, spelled out
- Words you can use: letters and scripts, ready to send (fill in the brackets)
- A habit that keeps each leak from coming back
- An honest line on what the kit can't decide for you
A page from the kit
Questions people ask
Should I waive the appliance repair diagnostic fee?
Waiving it by habit the moment a customer approves the repair is one of the leaks in this kit. It shows how to price the diagnostic as its own line and put it in writing.
How do I price appliance repair labor?
From what an hour of your own labor really costs, not a guess. Until you know that number, the give-aways stay invisible. The kit walks you through it.
Do warranty jobs pay enough?
Often not. Warranty flat-rate allowances can pay less than the real time a job takes. The kit shows how to track it job by job and what to send.
What it can't decide for you
This kit works from your own records. It doesn't give legal, tax, licensing or financial advice, and it never tells you what to charge. Where a CPA, attorney, insurer or state board makes the call, the kit says so and gets your records ready for them.
11-page PDF · instant download after payment · Code VYR-KIT-DIAL-01
Opens secure checkout. Instant download after payment. 30 days to ask for a refund — refund policy · terms
Use Jobber or Housecall Pro? Run the free leak check — it reads your job export in your browser and shows the money leaks the software doesn't flag. Nothing is uploaded.