TV repair has evolved over the years from pulling your vacuum tubes and carrying them down to the drug store to make use of the tube tester, to the current plasma and LCD televisions measuring 2 yards from edge to edge which have no user accessible parts. Home TV repair has evolved from a technician using a "tube caddy" to very skilled people with a multitude of hand tools and test equipment.

As a result of falling price tags and quality a reasonably large percentage of less expensive consumer electronics goes directly to the garbage dump upon minor obsolescence or malfunction. For the higher end TVs and stereos that fail, repair is normally the most suitable choice. Your neighborhood TV service center has kept pace with the most recent technologies and is prepared to take care of your repair wants.

At least in part due to decreased warranty reimbursements by television manufacturers a new type of television repair man has immerged; the ‘trunk slammer’. The Urban Dictionary defines a ‘trunk slammer’ as:

“Derogatory term for a contractor who has minimal skill, experience and equipment. Trunk slammer implies the contractor works out of their car trunk, with no office or licenses and they will likely be difficult to find if the client is not happy with the work.”

I will add to the above definition that trunk slammers rarely have workman’s compensation or liability insurance. Without being insured, virtually any mishap inside the customers home falls in the homeowners insurance coverage. A whole lot worse than that, if the trunk slammer technician injures him self within the customers home, the owner of a house will probably end up footing the bill for a long term disability.

Hard cold truth is that the trunk slammer tech might not just rip you off, damage your home or wreck your television, they could destroy your whole lifestyle. These individuals usually have pretty programs and large advertising budgets because what they're not paying in taxes, licenses, test equipment and insurance can be spent on advertising. Through the years there were a few successful TV repair operations which were run from a really well equipped trucks. Basically a rolling TV repair shop. However there was not very many throughout the whole United States and I'm not aware of any in the Chicagoland region. Nonetheless, TV techs that do not have TV repair shops, office staff members to answer the telephone, or a business license, I suggest you stay away from them.

Rex Service Company is a associate in good standing with Electronic Service Dealers Association (ESDA), National Electronic Service Dealers Association (NESDA) and NSA (National Service Alliance). Rex Service possesses a business license in the Village of Worth IL, has workman’s compensation insurance and legal responsibility insurance. Rex Service is rated positively from the Better Business Bureau.

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