I used to sub-contract for an HVAC company and I single-handed moved his company to a preferred company within one year. It was pretty easy because the companies I cleaned up after were technicians that you really can't call technicians in the real world. I ran across a motor that the tech before me used foam (like mattress memory foam) in place of the end bell motor mounts that usually come with the dogon motor, lol. I ended up getting the majority of my dispatches just cleaning up other companies messes that they made more than came up upon. This was at least ten years ago but they gave me a $450.00 allowance before I had to call in for authorization. Thanks for the info and the video. God bless bro.
I just found a few of your videos I agree with most of what your saying I love AHS and Hate Choice though I had a bad experience been doing this twenty years.
It is a brutal way to try and make money. I tried one of these "fantastic" companies for a short period in an attempt to build client base..... I was approved for the work at the beginning only for them not to pay me at the end. Used them for a short time and lost over $500. Cut them off like a diseased limb. These companies can care less about their client base, can you see how much they would and do care about the contractor. If a home buyer purchases a home with a warranty plan, I would highly recommend dropping it when it times out.
Here’s a link to the Facebook group for Folks In the Appliance trade. Please join if you are interested in learning or helping others learn. facebook.com/groups/571549483385285/?ref=share
I just started looking into warranty companies I really can’t get over their flat rate pay. HVAC it’s an expensive work on installs and most warranty companies want to pay only $900 or less for a change out. Ye should may make money on small stuff but on bigger jobs I don’t see the benefits for contractors.
i guess Im randomly asking but does anybody know of a tool to log back into an instagram account? I stupidly lost my login password. I would appreciate any tips you can give me
@Aiden Camden i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and im trying it out now. I see it takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
Ahs is a scam with ac contractors. They up the cost of non covered items and pass a low labor cost to AHS. In return AHS rewards those contractors who manipulate the cost with more service calls dispatched to them.
With AHS there are becoming more cons than pros lately. I became a preferred contractor last year with a 12 month customer survey of 4.8 which is in almost unattainable area in my opinion , charge them 65 an hour and a gpe of less than 350 and this year my guaranteed calls went down by more than half. It’s getting bad Ps how in the hell do you get checks for thousands all the time? They seem to not want to pay in my area as if they WANT jacklegs doing all the work for 20 bucks an hour. Sorry kinda mad atm 😂
i used to work there, they are more concerned about numbers that dont matter pushing their techs to rush around which ends up causing more problems than it solves....hes right about them, lol
so let me get this straight. I could work for a American Home Shield and make about the same money as running my own business, and I wouldn't have to do any marketing?
Sir, When you mention inventory. What do you normally carry/stock? Do you ever recomend anyone get a loan to start? What did it cost you I initially when you started?
Oh ya choice or also known as HWA. Is the worst of them all. I like First American and American home shield They seem easy to work with most the time. But ya choice is the worst company ever. I just need to figure out the business side and money and such And lol I work for Sears at least I’ve been here the longest cuz they hire anyone and most don’t know what they’re doing. But ya they suck sometimes . If I leave. They’re screwed
American Home Shield company is crap...they have left me out in the cold in 20 degrees temps and been nothing but a hassle...their parts are also crap.
Look at only facts... You submit a claim they might make it out within a week I filed a claim on November 16th and today is the 4th of December. My hot water heater has been broken since the 14th of November, Its winter and no hot water. This is just the beginning. Customer service is non-existent. They have not contacted me once all communication has been initiated by me over 50 phone call with more than 80% being answered by a call center in the Philippines, and they have no authority to do anything, but they are very good at pissing you off. Here is where the scam comes into play. And this is not just being based on this repair, please read this brief history of their business practices; We had 3 ceiling fans nice and expensive and 64" blade span, all go out at the same time. after inspecting they agreed they need to be replaced however they said we only replace with 48" fans and if I wasn't happy with that, I could accept cash in lieu of repair based on the cheap 48-inch fans they install. I accepted the cash in lieu of repair because our fans each were over $550.00, they were only offering $490.00 total for all three. The real problem is that claim was done in 2012 and I have been trying to collect consistently yet they have failed to even pay their little portion. Again, similar type claim, our large home refrigerator went out and their replacement was not the large size fridge they said they would only replace it with a model similar to a tall apartment fridge because they had a cheap source for buying them. I took cash in lieu of and that was in 2017 and they have still failed to pay their small portion. As you can imagine I am not taking cash in lieu of anymore. Their word means nothing and even worse their contract that is on file at the Arizona Department of Insurance means absolutely nothing as well. Fast forward a side mount garage door opener with smartphone features was replaced with a cheap hang from the center of the garage ceiling mount garage door opener was the replacement I had and $800 opener the gave me an $89.00 opener... They replaced a $500 high neck flex hose laundry room faucet with a 1970's design $19.00 or less that you can find at Walmart faucet....... On the current day, the hot water heater that failed is one that the warranty company installed 6.5 years ago. The only thing they did right in 2013 was to replace our 80-gallon hot water heater with an 80-gallon water heater. It has already failed because they have a habit of installing replacement parts with substandard cheaply built parts. What has pushed my final button is that now they want to replace our 80 gallons with a fifty-gallon hot water heater. Let me ask you the same question I asked them. How is a fifty-gallon water heater going to service a 4 bedroom 4 bathrooms 4000 square foot home with 6 people showering? ANSWER, it won't. So they are pushing me to take cash in lieu of repair. That is not going to happen. Here is why... I have pulled the contract out and read it under coverage overview Item 4). starting with line 4 states that they have to replace our items with similar features, capacity, and efficiencies. The contract is very clear... black and white... Yet they are continuing to attempt to scam my wife and me... Looking back; the fridge, the ceiling fans, the garage door opener, and the faucet did not match features, capacities nor efficiencies. and yet they continue to breach their contracts over and over. I have had enough of their games. What am I going to do about it? I am getting three real repair quotes from real contractors. I am filing a complaint with both the Arizona Attorney General Office and the Arizona Department of Insurance. I am going to Arizona News 3 on your side to tell my story, if they will help I'll stay with them, if not I will go to every news source that will hear our story. As you can see, I am not holding back and have only shared true actual facts. Since we entered our contract in 2011, they have collected over $6500 in premiums and they have in return replace a few components with cheaply built trash garbage substandard replacements. My advice to anyone considering buying one of American home shield warranties is to stop, don't do it. Also, look online they own like 2-3 other warranty companies for home warranties and they are run the same way. What should you do? Start a home repair savings account and deposit 60-70 dollars every month into it and when things go out, shop for the best deal for like replacements and pull money from that account as things break. You will come out way ahead. Have they pissed me off? YEP ... will I ever stop telling my story? NOPE, will I be going viral with this? Yep, in many ways... even after I'm gone. If I could nicely tell them how I feel I would have to say F!!!?____****____YCTTCASISUYA!!!!....
You really don’t make any money on any warranty call that my option . That’s one reason that Sears went bankrupt there benefits and labor rate are higher then what manufacturers wants to pay there other reason too.
@@theapplianceguy4566 , 1st I like to say I really enjoy your Videos. Why I was asking is because , My Company has been doing business with Sears for over 20 yrs. And the last 5 yrs our business is been going threw the roof with all of Sears work. I own a Outdoor Power Equipment Dealership in the New Orleans area. And we do all there repairs on all the Lawn Mowers, Riders, Generators and etc. But why I am really asking , maybe it might be different on the Appliance side of repair business. But my Company does unbelievable great with Sears. Do you have a email. I would like to ask you a few Questions about the Appliance business.
I used to sub-contract for an HVAC company and I single-handed moved his company to a preferred company within one year. It was pretty easy because the companies I cleaned up after were technicians that you really can't call technicians in the real world. I ran across a motor that the tech before me used foam (like mattress memory foam) in place of the end bell motor mounts that usually come with the dogon motor, lol.
I ended up getting the majority of my dispatches just cleaning up other companies messes that they made more than came up upon. This was at least ten years ago but they gave me a $450.00 allowance before I had to call in for authorization.
Thanks for the info and the video.
God bless bro.
I know about biggie smalls .....
Glad you enjoyed the brother lol.. keep it up videos are great
Gotta say, Love the video. Love your positivity. 👍
maximo oropeza thanks I appreciate it. Thanks for watching.
Your tangent at the end reminds me of my Uncle. Just rambling about how I don't know anything about old people stuff. Love it brother !
I just found a few of your videos I agree with most of what your saying I love AHS and Hate Choice though I had a bad experience been doing this twenty years.
It is a brutal way to try and make money. I tried one of these "fantastic" companies for a short period in an attempt to build client base..... I was approved for the work at the beginning only for them not to pay me at the end. Used them for a short time and lost over $500. Cut them off like a diseased limb. These companies can care less about their client base, can you see how much they would and do care about the contractor. If a home buyer purchases a home with a warranty plan, I would highly recommend dropping it when it times out.
Bro your dope asf
Here’s a link to the Facebook group for Folks In the Appliance trade. Please join if you are interested in learning or helping others learn.
facebook.com/groups/571549483385285/?ref=share
Wow i learned a lot from this. Thanks
love this dude
Me as customer service representative in American Home Shield 😊
kamusta ang stress
I am starting my business and really appreciated you sharing your experiences.
I just started looking into warranty companies I really can’t get over their flat rate pay. HVAC it’s an expensive work on installs and most warranty companies want to pay only $900 or less for a change out. Ye should may make money on small stuff but on bigger jobs I don’t see the benefits for contractors.
American home Shield is absolutely worthless. I’ve had to deal with them both as a service tech, and a client. Good luck!
Hey Tk I worked for Sears and yes they do sux
Well it's a pleasure to work with AHS as an Authorizer. Thanks for complimenting our company. 😊
i guess Im randomly asking but does anybody know of a tool to log back into an instagram account?
I stupidly lost my login password. I would appreciate any tips you can give me
@Randy Lucca Instablaster :)
@Aiden Camden i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and im trying it out now.
I see it takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
@Aiden Camden it worked and I actually got access to my account again. Im so happy!
Thank you so much you saved my ass!
@Randy Lucca Happy to help :D
Ahs is a scam with ac contractors. They up the cost of non covered items and pass a low labor cost to AHS. In return AHS rewards those contractors who manipulate the cost with more service calls dispatched to them.
How did you go about getting home warranty contracts?
With AHS there are becoming more cons than pros lately.
I became a preferred contractor last year with a 12 month customer survey of 4.8 which is in almost unattainable area in my opinion , charge them 65 an hour and a gpe of less than 350 and this year my guaranteed calls went down by more than half.
It’s getting bad
Ps how in the hell do you get checks for thousands all the time? They seem to not want to pay in my area as if they WANT jacklegs doing all the work for 20 bucks an hour.
Sorry kinda mad atm 😂
Lamo, A&E is garbage. I felt that when you started talking about Sears. Hahaha
i used to work there, they are more concerned about numbers that dont matter pushing their techs to rush around which ends up causing more problems than it solves....hes right about them, lol
Thank you for the video brother much love. Do you pay for the parts how does getting the part in work? Do you add it to a claim?
so let me get this straight. I could work for a American Home Shield and make about the same money as running my own business, and I wouldn't have to do any marketing?
Sir,
When you mention inventory. What do you normally carry/stock? Do you ever recomend anyone get a loan to start? What did it cost you I initially when you started?
That's a lie. I had to pay an additional 350.00 dollars. For my hot water heater. Maybe 100 years sgo it was great. But now it's messed up.
You are not the first technician to say this about Choice...makes me wonder.
Love your videos man. Thank you. I have a question. I'm just starting out my business... how many jobs a week will the warranty companies give you?
They start off slow typically but it all depends on how desperate they are for Servicers.
So how do you fix the burners?
what do you mean by service calls? I thought those were repairs?
American Home Shield has a 1.4 out of 5 rating on Google reviews. By far, one of the worst ratings for any home warranty company.
You ever worked for warrantech? Or know info on them
Vintage Trucker I’ve never heard of them. Are they any good?
They pretty good they're out of texas
What's a Jack leg?
Not the real deal
I recently got all my legal information to start a business how do I get with home warranty companies
Do the hsa pay you deductible after 30 days or weekly? Thanks
Do you fix sealed system Jobs
what do u pay a month for insurance to get work from AHS?
I'm looking at tapping into home warranty companies...can you set your own rate with them?
Jeremiah Futrell it's a numbers game with them you set your own rates but they want you to keep your overall COST down.
Thanks, I liked your breakdown for pricing so I'll probably work with that structuring.
How much do you charge per hour warranty company
Hi what do they normally looking when meet with you..your truck? Or inventory?
Do you have to be manufacturer authorized to work for home warranty companies?
Susie Tilley no. I’m not factory authorized with anybody.
American home shield drags there feet.
Do they pay after 30 days or before?
Oh ya choice or also known as HWA. Is the worst of them all. I like First American and American home shield They seem easy to work with most the time.
But ya choice is the worst company ever.
I just need to figure out the business side and money and such
And lol I work for Sears at least I’ve been here the longest cuz they hire anyone and most don’t know what they’re doing. But ya they suck sometimes . If I leave. They’re screwed
Theres a reason sears no longer exists in canada
American Home Shield company is crap...they have left me out in the cold in 20 degrees temps and been nothing but a hassle...their parts are also crap.
Look at only facts...
You submit a claim they might make it out within a week I filed a claim on November 16th and today is the 4th of December. My hot water heater has been broken since the 14th of November, Its winter and no hot water.
This is just the beginning. Customer service is non-existent. They have not contacted me once all communication has been initiated by me over 50 phone call with more than 80% being answered by a call center in the Philippines, and they have no authority to do anything, but they are very good at pissing you off.
Here is where the scam comes into play. And this is not just being based on this repair, please read this brief history of their business practices; We had 3 ceiling fans nice and expensive and 64" blade span, all go out at the same time. after inspecting they agreed they need to be replaced however they said we only replace with 48" fans and if I wasn't happy with that, I could accept cash in lieu of repair based on the cheap 48-inch fans they install. I accepted the cash in lieu of repair because our fans each were over $550.00, they were only offering $490.00 total for all three. The real problem is that claim was done in 2012 and I have been trying to collect consistently yet they have failed to even pay their little portion.
Again, similar type claim, our large home refrigerator went out and their replacement was not the large size fridge they said they would only replace it with a model similar to a tall apartment fridge because they had a cheap source for buying them. I took cash in lieu of and that was in 2017 and they have still failed to pay their small portion.
As you can imagine I am not taking cash in lieu of anymore. Their word means nothing and even worse their contract that is on file at the Arizona Department of Insurance means absolutely nothing as well.
Fast forward a side mount garage door opener with smartphone features was replaced with a cheap hang from the center of the garage ceiling mount garage door opener was the replacement I had and $800 opener the gave me an $89.00 opener...
They replaced a $500 high neck flex hose laundry room faucet with a 1970's design $19.00 or less that you can find at Walmart faucet.......
On the current day, the hot water heater that failed is one that the warranty company installed 6.5 years ago. The only thing they did right in 2013 was to replace our 80-gallon hot water heater with an 80-gallon water heater. It has already failed because they have a habit of installing replacement parts with substandard cheaply built parts.
What has pushed my final button is that now they want to replace our 80 gallons with a fifty-gallon hot water heater. Let me ask you the same question I asked them. How is a fifty-gallon water heater going to service a 4 bedroom 4 bathrooms 4000 square foot home with 6 people showering? ANSWER, it won't. So they are pushing me to take cash in lieu of repair. That is not going to happen. Here is why...
I have pulled the contract out and read it under coverage overview Item 4). starting with line 4 states that they have to replace our items with similar features, capacity, and efficiencies. The contract is very clear... black and white... Yet they are continuing to attempt to scam my wife and me...
Looking back; the fridge, the ceiling fans, the garage door opener, and the faucet did not match features, capacities nor efficiencies. and yet they continue to breach their contracts over and over. I have had enough of their games.
What am I going to do about it? I am getting three real repair quotes from real contractors.
I am filing a complaint with both the Arizona Attorney General Office and the Arizona Department of Insurance.
I am going to Arizona News 3 on your side to tell my story, if they will help I'll stay with them, if not I will go to every news source that will hear our story.
As you can see, I am not holding back and have only shared true actual facts. Since we entered our contract in 2011, they have collected over $6500 in premiums and they have in return replace a few components with cheaply built trash garbage substandard replacements.
My advice to anyone considering buying one of American home shield warranties is to stop, don't do it. Also, look online they own like 2-3 other warranty companies for home warranties and they are run the same way.
What should you do? Start a home repair savings account and deposit 60-70 dollars every month into it and when things go out, shop for the best deal for like replacements and pull money from that account as things break. You will come out way ahead.
Have they pissed me off? YEP ... will I ever stop telling my story? NOPE, will I be going viral with this? Yep, in many ways... even after I'm gone.
If I could nicely tell them how I feel I would have to say F!!!?____****____YCTTCASISUYA!!!!....
You really don’t make any money on any warranty call that my option . That’s one reason that Sears went bankrupt there benefits and labor rate are higher then what manufacturers wants to pay there other reason too.
Why is Sears so bad ?
Bo Rodriguez I’m sure they have some good techs but their customer service is horrible. They are going out of business.
@@theapplianceguy4566 , 1st I like to say I really enjoy your Videos. Why I was asking is because , My Company has been doing business with Sears for over 20 yrs. And the last 5 yrs our business is been going threw the roof with all of Sears work. I own a Outdoor Power Equipment Dealership in the New Orleans area. And we do all there repairs on all the Lawn Mowers, Riders,
Generators and etc. But why I am really asking , maybe it might be different on the Appliance side of repair business. But my Company does unbelievable great with Sears. Do you have a email. I would like to ask you a few Questions about the Appliance business.
I was a Sears tech before I went to GE. I enjoyed working at Sears/AE Factory Service. But I'm with GE Factory Service now and I love it.
worse Choice had to sue to be paid. They denied every repair job they sent me on. Total home protect denied home owner claims+
All B.S
sears sucks to work for!