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This is the check. A pro radio show,

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check a pro Joe has assembled a team of prequalified home service contractors to bring you the latest in services products and techniques.

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Now, here's your host, the man with a hard hat and tool belt.

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Check a pro Joe, check a pro Joe here on the check,

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a pro radio show talking garage doors with Alex Dalton from Eco garage doors in Austin,

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Texas. Hey, Alex, how are you? I'm doing good today,

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Joe, how are you doing? I am living the dream. Thank you so much,

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my friend. I appreciate it. A question has come into the radio show and that is,

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how many quotes should I get for a garage door replacement?

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What do you think? You know, I'm gonna say three.

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You never just want one, two sometimes isn't enough.

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Um I always tell my customer to get another quote.

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You know, obviously, I want the sale, I want your work,

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but at the end of the day, I want you to be happy.

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I don't want you to have buyers or more. Uh So always get I'd say 2 to 3 quotes uh and engage with other companies are charging,

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uh, see how other companies are, uh, representing their brands.

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Um, and who you feel comfortable to work with.

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In the long term. I would agree with that.

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You want to get an idea of who you're working with.

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The most important thing. I feel in home improvement when someone's gonna come onto your property and replace something such as a garage door is that relationship short and long term,

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you are buying something from an individual and they're selling you something as an individual.

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And unless the pricing is all over the board,

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um, or a huge difference,

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you really need to consider who is coming onto your property to provide that service.

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Now, I will tell you, we hear this all the time, Alex where someone will say I got three quotes and they're all over the place.

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I got one guy quoting, you know,

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X and then another guy, Y and Z and why was twice as much as X and Z was twice as much as Y four times as much as X.

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How do I know what to do? So when there's a price discrepancy there,

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what do people do with that price?

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They pick the middle guy. A lot of people do pick the middle guy.

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Um You know, some people even pick the higher guy though.

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I, I don't really see it too often when people pick that lower guy.

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Uh It's, it really just depends on,

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uh in my opinion, it depends on the sales guy. Um,

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who you trust more, who's gonna take care of you more.

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Uh, if the guy you trust more is the cheaper guy.

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I, I see people go that route too.

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Um, we're, we're not the cheapest,

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we're not the most expensive. We actually had it the other day where somebody was way less than us and then somebody else was way higher than us.

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We sold that door just because of how comfortable they felt with us.

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Um, but I, I do know they like,

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uh, the, the higher quote as well. Um,

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you know, so it's just always beneficial to get more quotes.

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Um, when you're doing something like this,

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the garage door is the largest moving piece,

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uh, of your home. You know, it's something you want done correctly.

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It's something you want to be comfortable with. Uh,

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and once again that I personally don't like having buyers or more.

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So, if I'm shopping around for some home service,

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uh, replacement items or even if I'm going to the store,

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I, I do my research and, and I look around at price to make sure that I'm gonna be happy at the end of the day.

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Yeah. No, I totally agree with that.

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People buy from people they know, like, and trust a lot of these services,

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like getting something repaired or replaced.

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Seem like it's a commodity type thing.

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Well, it's the same product and the same type of service.

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The real question is everybody needs to ask when they hire a home service professional coming into their houses.

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If I have a problem tomorrow,

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a week from now, a month or a year from now,

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will that home service professional still be available to me to back up their warranty?

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And that's really the critical thing. Exactly.

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And, uh, that's, that's some of the problems when you get some of those cheaper quotes too.

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Uh, it's just a guy in a truck. You know,

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it's got the tailgate warranty. Um,

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you want to make sure that you're picking the right company,

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a reputable company, an insured company.

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Um, someone that's, that's been around and someone that's not gonna blow you off if,

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uh, if you give them a call and you're having an issue. So that's,

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that's a good reason to also look at more quotes.

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Alex. Thank you so much for joining me today.

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Alex's information is located in the description of this podcast.

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Alex Dalton and Eco Garage doors are a prequalified home service provider at checkup pro dot com.

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As always, Alex. Thank you so much for joining me today on the program.

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