Oven Replacement In Charleston SC

Emergency Saturday Oven Replacement In Charleston, SC

It’s the kind of thing I absolutely hate to have to tell a client, that even though the part that failed is probably just a tiny microswitch on  the computer board, because of the way GE has designed the oven I have to replace the whole touchpad/control board to repair it.

In these cases, my practice is to pull up the parts site and let the clients see for themselves what my cost on the part is. In this particular instance, my cost on the control board assembly is $649.00 and some changes. That’s before I add any shipping, handling or markup, also I’m going to have to add something for the installation. By the time we finish, we’re probably looking at around $800.00 to repair the oven which is already 10 years old.

To make matters worse, all the parts suppliers are out of this part so it would have to be backordered and will take anywhere from 6 to 10 weeks to arrive.

This simply won’t do, my clients have company in town for the weekend for the Solar Eclipse and they like to cook. I explain to them that the normal rule of thumb I use to advise people is that you don’t want to spend over 50% of the cost of a new appliance on an old one, especially on an appliance that is 10 years old.

To compound the issue, it is 1:oo on a Saturday, all the parts houses are closed and the appliance stores are probably not too far behind. So my client asks me if I can install a new one today if he can locate one. While it’s not how I intended to spend Saturday afternoon, I understand the predicament they are in and change my plans.

Luckily the choose an appliance store that is really fast on service, Wholesale Appliance, a local distributor. Too make a long story short, he makes a run to pick out a stove and I am right behind him to pick it up and install. By 4:00 my clients have a brand new stove installed and their old one is in my van on it’s way to the recycling yard.

So if you need emergency repairs on a Saturday try giving us a call, we can get you squared away one way or another!