Pick the appliance and what failed for a typical national band, quote it flat rate or time and materials, see your real profit — and let the 50% rule call repair or replace.
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Appliance repair is a trust business — the customer cannot see what you see behind the panel, so the estimate has to be clean and fair. Charge the service call to cover the trip, credit it when they say yes, and quote the repair as one flat number off the typical band when you can: customers hear one price better than three, and speed works for you instead of against you. Keep your parts cost in the math so a $350 repair does not quietly become a $50 profit. And when the 50% rule says the machine is done, say so — recommending a replacement is what earns the next call.
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