How To Beat The High Cost Of Appliance Repair It’s inevitable. No matter how well your home appliances are built, at some point they will reach their life expectancy and stop working. So can you afford to be without yours for long? Do you have a backup plan in place? And, more importantly, do you have enough money saved up to cover the repair or replacement? According to Home Advisor, the average cost to repair an appliance is $170. But prices can vary greatly once you include such variables as the make, model and age of your appliance, as well as parts, labor and applicable service fees. For more accurate pricing, you can visit Home Advisor’s site to search by location or use the figures listed below as a rough estimate of what you might expect to pay per appliance. Average Repair Costs Air Conditioner $200-400 Clothes Dryer $100-400 Dishwasher $100-200 Furnace $100-130 Microwave $75-150 Range/Oven $400-700 Refrigerator $200-400 Washing Machine $120-500 Water Heater $90-110 Now consider your own budget. If you have enough money set aside to cover all of the above, then you’re probably not too concerned. However, a recent survey by GoBankingRates showed that 69% of all Americans have less than $1,000 in savings. So if you fall in that category and suddenly find yourself without something as important as your refrigerator, the problem can go from bad to worse. There’s the added stress of having to spend your time being forced to go out to eat and the increased frustration of losing even more money due to food spoilage. So how do you avoid this scenario? “While some maintain consumers should put aside cash for repairs and replacement of essential electronic products or appliances, it is not possible or practical in today’s economy,” says Timothy J. Meenan, Executive Director of the Service Contract Industry
Council. “An extended warranty [service plan] can help consumers manage unanticipated, unbudgeted expenses.� It’s worth noting that just one service call can more than make up the price of an extended service plan. That fact alone makes it worth owning one. But when you consider that an extended service plan also provides you with added peace of mind, immediate assistance and may even cover ancillary damage such as food loss, suddenly it becomes an invaluable, yet inexpensive plan to help you manage the welcomed inevitable. Want to know more about the benefits of owning an extended service plan? Visit our site or call us at 800.833.8801. For more details about Warrantech feel free to visit: https://warrantech.com/blog/april-2017/howto-beat-the-high-cost-of-appliance-repair/