In the days of fast lives and faster available EMIs, home appliances play a pertinent role. Our lives have become stressful as well as superbusy and thus, home appliances have a two-fold importance in them. Firstly, it makes our lives easier, helping, aiding and minimising lot of extra work in the household. Secondly, as the result to this, we live more comfortable and happier lives. Most home appliances these days are not luxuries anymore but anecessity. For an example, with the rise of global warming, the salesof air conditionershave been fast increasing, not only in tropical countries but all over the world. Similarly, with more and more women choosing to be economically independent, and thus stepping outside of their homes to work, appliances like the microwave oven and mixer grinders have seen a huge surge in sales in the recent years. They not only save a lot of time but also bring comfort into our stressful lives, enabling us to continue with our respective jobs and deal with the day to day worries that we all are subjective to everyday.
However, buying the appliance is only a half won race. What is more important is to take care of it with proper servicing and when the time comes, proper repair by dependable mechanics. A broken air conditioner or a heater after a heavy day’s work would meanirritable sleepat night resulting into an equally, or for that matter, a worse day at work the following morningfurther complicating our lives. Thus, repairing the appliances is of utmost importance to maintain our day to day routine properly.
Repairing an appliances is not a cake walk though.One should select the repairing company or the personnel with great caution. Care must be given to various factors such as reputation, easy availability, experience, economic viability and requisite skill set.
Experienced Technicians : Often an inexperienced mechanic would do more harm than good in these cases. A skilled technician having comprehensive knowledge of new models and new technology should always be preferred thus. Also a good mechanic, when examining the machine might give you the advice of what will be economically viable, repairing the machine or replacing it all together.
Responsiveness: How quick is the personnel or the company to respond to the problem is an important criteria. No point choosing a company that comes for the service after say, 24 hours of harassment and trouble.
Pricing : One must also compare the prices between two service centres before concluding on any one. Comparison shall be based on factors such as accessory pricing for the repair, skill set of the mechanic and also the good will of the company. A local company with lower pricing might also mean cheap accessories and less skilled mechanics, momentarily repairing the appliance butworsening it’s condition in the future.
Safety and Sanitisation : In this pandemic situation, another factor one should keep in mind is how much importance the company or the technician giving to safety and sanitisation.
Hence, repairing and maintaining the appliances need a certain level of brain storming and practical understanding of the situation resulting in a peaceful lifestyle.