{"id":110,"date":"2017-01-24T22:18:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T22:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.twincitygaragedoor.com\/blog\/?p=110"},"modified":"2023-01-26T21:03:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T21:03:23","slug":"avoid-garage-door-repair-rip-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twincitygaragedoor.com\/blog\/avoid-garage-door-repair-rip-off\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Choose a Garage Door Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are 10 quick tips from the garage door industry to help you avoid garage door repair rip-off:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Ask friends and family for recommendations<\/li>\n<li>Get bids from more than 1 company\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;If you get a bid from a company that focuses on repair, get another bid from a company that does garage door sales and service<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Get a quote on a new door vs. repairs on your existing door<\/li>\n<li>Get a detailed estimate in writing. Do not allow someone to pressure you to make a quick decision<\/li>\n<li>Beware of the repair specialist. Rip-Off artists will target repair work because:\n<ul>\n<li>Customers are desperate for a quick fix and won\u2019t get other bids<\/li>\n<li>Customers don\u2019t know the real cost of garage door parts\/repairs<\/li>\n<li>Customers don\u2019t know necessary repair from a bogus one<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Check the company\u2019s BBB Business Review at bbb.org<\/li>\n<li>Be wary of phones answered generically, such as \u201cGarage doors\u201d or \u201cDoor service\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Watch out for ads that promote a $29 service fee. This is a common garage door repair rip-off.<\/li>\n<li>Beware of the name game\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;Unethical companies operate under several names so they can get more phone calls and that makes it more difficult for customers to track them down later.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure their name on Google ad\/listing matches the same on their website<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Does their website list their street address? Check out their address on Google street view to see if the company really exists<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twincitygaragedoor.com\/contact-us.php\">Contact us<\/a> for a free estimate today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are 10 quick tips from the garage door industry to help you avoid garage door repair rip-off: Ask friends and family for recommendations Get bids from more than 1 company &nbsp;If you get a bid from a company that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/twincitygaragedoor.com\/blog\/avoid-garage-door-repair-rip-off\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twincitygaragedoor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twincitygaragedoor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twincitygaragedoor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twincitygaragedoor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twincitygaragedoor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/twincitygaragedoor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242,"href":"https:\/\/twincitygaragedoor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions\/242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twincitygaragedoor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twincitygaragedoor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twincitygaragedoor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twincitygaragedoor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}