I can't put my body through all of that transferring for a myriad of reasons.
Whenever I have had a chair repair over the last 8 years down here a little under two hours from you, Greg, I have stayed in bed while my husband takes the chair down. We have three vendors here in town and, depending upon the repair, we go to all three of them depending on what is going wrong. Besides that I would say it is an Arizona problem or conspiracy. LOL but with some seriousness. When I lived in a smaller area in New York state there was only one provider. They were not all that good but they were not terrible either. What we have found over so many years is that it comes down to laziness. It is not them who have to go through all of what you went through as well not getting all the parts fixed. This country is going down hill faster and faster. Lori Michaelson Age - 45 C4/5 complete quad, 29 years post Tucson, AZ On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Greg <[email protected]> wrote: > I’d call my ”#*%$&#” chair repair shop idiots, but that’s an insult to > all idiots. > > > > I had an appointment for new tires, batteries, etc. But a week before I > was to go in, the tilt broke. So I was able to get in early so they could > check it out, hopefully so they could order parts to have them before my > appointment. But once I get there they decide to do all the work now rather > than next week. I tell him what happened to the tilt then of course I have > to transfer out of the chair. After 2 hours they bring the chair back out, > but of course he was not listening and never even look at the tilt. After > looking at it for another hour they tell me they have to order parts. I get > back in my chair and the seat raiser and leg-rest do not work. Plus the > recline switch is reversed. He kind of implies I’m lying saying he never > touched that part. I transfer back out of the chair. Finely the supervisor > guy helps him and after 2 more hours my chair is back together. 5 hours that > was supposed to be just a quick in/out to see what they needed to get to fix > the tilt next week. Then I get home and my leg-rest barely move now. > > > > I sure had a better repair shop in Seattle. I cold show up any day if it > was important. Plus the best thing was they had most parts in stock. My > insurance has used 2 repair shops in AZ and neither stocked any parts, not > even common tires. First they need a doctor’s prescription. Then an > appointment to check out the chair, even for a simples tire. Then they have > to send a report to the insurance to get ok’ed. Then they order the parts. > Then you make an appointment to get fixed which is often anywhere from 2-4 > weeks out. It can take months for even a simple repair. > > > > And what is stupid is because of the contracts with insurance co. they will > not even fix a flat for you if you pay cash, unless the insurance co. > declines the repair. So for little things, I have to go to another repair > shop that does not take my insurance. > > > > And people are scared the government might get involved with making > decisions in it’s insurance planes. Like somehow the insurance companies now > are so wonderful and except everything, never making wrong decisions. > > > > Greg > -- Lori Age - 45 C4/5 complete quad, nearly 30 years post Tucson, AZ
