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the Cost of Cable TV Repair Services

Price 
Location 
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Description
$ 125
Jun 2008
Memphis, Tennessee
Two technicians to repair cable TV service  more... close row
$ 50
Mar 2008
Akron, OH
Cable TV problems were with wiring  more... close row
$ 35
Jun 2008
Louisville, KY
Repair of TV that went out suddenly  more... close row
$ 287
Feb 2008
Chicago, IL
Cable lines fixed after being knocked down  more... close row
$ 15
Dec 2007
Los Angeles, CA
Long wait on phone but short wait in person  more... close row
$ 69
Apr 2008
Chicago, Illinois
Puppy chewed cable to back of TV  more... close row
$ 0
Apr 2008
Binghamton, NY
Cable company paid for service  more... close row
$ 50
Feb 2007
Uniontown, OH
Try to get a discount if repairman is late  more... close row
$ 30
Mar 2008
East Lansing, MI
Should not have had to pay for this service  more... close row

Description of service

The service was a standard maintenance call to our local cable provider company.Our cable tv service was not properly working, so we needed to call to get it fixed. The service involved their repair guy fixing the problem (which required only labor and not parts). The visit took about 30 minutes.


Review of Service

We were actually pretty upset that we had to pay for such a service, because we maintain that it was our cable company's fault. The cable company maintained the fault was on our end, and hence charge the $30 fee. The service itself was fine because it got our cable television service working again, which in the end, is what we set out to do. The complaint/problem is just in the dispute over the fee.


Tips

My best tip would be to carefully investigate service fees from your local cable company before calling in for a repair. If there are automatic built in fees to send somebody out (like in our case) for $30 or whatever, you might want to address the dispute on the phone before you call for a repair man to come out. If we could have done it over again, I think that is what I would have done.


$ 50
Mar 2008
Astoria, OR
Unfriendly cable repair person  more... close row
$ 0
Feb 2008
Baltimore, MD
repairs not covered when it's your own fault  more... close row
$ 35
Aug 2008
Syracuse, NY
Many additional fees for replacement  more... close row