We know that there are DIYer's in all walks of life ranging from the complex intricacies of car repair to the more mundane things in life like growing your own fruit & vegetable garden (though some may certainly argue that gardening has its own nuances like knowing when its best to grow a particular species of fruit, which sorts of soil conditions are more prone to promote growth of a plant, where to plant it, how much sunlight is needed, etc), but despite there being those folks who enjoy figuring things out and doing it on their own, there are equally, if not more, folks who'd rather spend that time to doing something else. Today, we're going to make a case for having your TV repaired by a professional rather than doing it yourself. 

The benefits for paying a professional TV repair shop to repair your TV:

• You save time 
• You save money
• You save yourself the hassles of figuring out what's wrong, what part(s) are needed, and how to look for them
• You save yourself the hassles of dealing with parts suppliers and online retailers
• The convenience of having a shop take care of everything from start to finish

The first bullet point is pretty obvious. You save time. Taking apart a TV to gain access to the circuit boards is very time-consuming. There are several dozen screw locations to unscrew, several brackets to undo, and possibly, several steel enclosures to remove to gain access to these boards. You might even cut yourself or hurt yourself in the process of trying to get the back cover off because there's this one random screw that's "hidden" from view or in a not-so-obvious location. Many expletives might come flying out of your mouth while doing just this and this isn't even getting to the gut of the TV yet. Is it really worth it to put yourself through all that? We didn't think so.

The second bullet point may not be all that obvious but hear us out. If we all agree that time is money, then your time is certainly very valuable. You need time to go to work to make money. You need time to eat. You need time to sleep. You need time to exercise to stay fit and healthy. You need time to socialize with friends and families. You need time to do the things you love doing for your personal enjoyment and/or well-being. As you can see, time is like a commodity and like any commodity, it has a certain value. You may be wondering, "So how does all of this save me money exactly?" And the answer to that is quite simply that if you're spending your time taking apart a TV, diagnosing the TV's possible problem(s) (maybe you jumped online and spent days or weeks researching what could be the problem and that's not even including the time spent finding a reputable online retailer or parts supplier at the price that you can afford and comparing the reliability of each of these companies), that same time could have been better used to make more money. You could have spent that time investing in stocks and mutual funds. You could have spent that time figuring out what savings accounts and IRA's to stash away your money to build money passively and continuously without much input on your part. You could have spent that time brainstorming business ideas at your workplace for that raise or bonus that you've been working for all year long. You could have spent that time working on that personal gig of yours on the side that gains you exposure and contact with other people who may be willing to pay good money for what you do for fun. 

The point is, the money you could have made by using that time to do other things would far outweigh what you could have saved from fixing the TV on your own. In other words, what you end up saving is far less than what you could have made in the grand scheme of things. So you save $600 in labor costs to fix a $100 TV problem, let's just say, but then you're throwing away $3,000 worth of potential money that you could have gained in a year, if that time was better spent doing other things like the above examples. And it would have easily covered the $600 cost of having a TV repair shop do it for you in that same time span and you'd still have money to spare. 

The third bullet point is fairly straightforward. This third bullet point ties in with the first two bullet points but is more specific. It's really not a walk in a park to figure out what could be wrong with a TV, even with the wealth of information available on the internet. There may be conflicting information. There may be more than one problem than what you believe the problem is. How do you know if the problem as prescribed by online forums are accurate? What's the criteria? Are there instances where your TV problem may be the exception to all the general rules that's floating out there? For all you know, it could be like taking a stab in the dark. And when you're done with that, finding the part is a pain, especially if your TV is an off-brand. But even if it wasn't, parts availability is still an issue and is largely dependent on whether you want the part brand spanking new like factory direct boards but those will likely cost you an arm and a leg to acquire them. On the other hand, if you're trying to find that one online retailer or parts supplier who charges less, how do you know if their parts are reliable? All these things come into play when you want to fix your own TV. 

The fourth bullet point is also fairly straightforward. Like the last bullet point, it also ties in with the first two bullet points. So now you've figured out which parts suppliers and/or online retailers you want to buy from. Now, you have to deal with their varying different policies with buying and returning boards. Not all online retailers share the same policies. Some are more strict about letting the general public buy parts from them. Others are less so but have other restrictions. Some only deal via email and if they don't respond, you're pretty much out of luck. Some have a very lengthy returns process. There are just so many variations that it's hard to cover them all here. There's no universal set rule here. Do you really want to deal with all of that? Yea. Exactly. Of course not. 

The fifth bullet point is pretty much straightforward. Rather than doing everything yourself and saving $600 worth of labor costs but it ends up costing you $3,000 worth of losses you could have gained, spending all that time researching the part that you need, figuring out which part it is, figuring out who actually carries that part, and so on and so forth, it could have been as easy and convenient as paying a reputable TV repair shop to handle all of that for you. After all, you got better things to do, be it spending time with your wife and children, watching the ball game with the boys, or getting some R&R because you've spent the time and energy at work and you feel like you deserve some peace and quiet for once. 

Given all of that, we think that the more cost effective choice would be to seriously consider having a TV repair shop handle all of that for you. If nothing else, it's peace of mind that someone who knows more than you do about TV's and electronics repair handle the nitty gritty details while guaranteeing a certain level of workmanship on your TV. Most have a warranty of sorts for their repairs and if anything goes wrong, all you have to do is bring it back to them and have them take care of it. But we'd like to encourage our guests to always ask the shop if they do, in fact, guarantee their work and what their warranty may be. We hope what's been said here will convince you that paying for a shop to repair your TV is the better and more cost effective route. Not sure what shops to consider? Take a look at our TV repair directory that we've compiled for your convenience!