YouTube Can Cost You A Lot of Time and Money
A novice coming into the appliance repair business often thinks that,
“All I need to do is take a look at the appliance and then go to Youtube, figure out how to fix it, get the part and replace the part just like that guy said on Youtube and everything will be fine and I’ll make lots of money.”
Unfortunately, it doesn’t take too long to find out that they are sadly mistaken, surely within the first three or four jobs they are gonna run across a stumbler that Youtube doesn’t fix and be up the creek with no paddle. I remember quite clearly when a prospective student called me all upset and said,
“Harry, I’ve been YouTubed to death! I’ve been chasing my tail for months and I’m ready to buy your course. Youtube doesn’t help me at all; I can’t figure this stuff out! I need your help”
So why is it that all the wonderful fix-it videos on Youtube can cause so much trouble and be so little help?
No Filter
There are a number of reasons, first off there is no filter on Youtube and consequently, folks innocently post stuff that is just patently wrong and there is nobody there to correct them or take it down. It just stays there even though they are dead wrong. How is a novice supposed to know what is incorrect?
So the novice winds up going down the wrong path, off in the weeds doing the wrong thing, replacing the wrong part, getting frustrated and wasting time and money. But the thing that fries me most is for example, ‘My Dyer Won’t Heat,’ you look it up on Youtube and the guy on Youtube says, “You need to replace the heating element.” So you buy a heating element, you put it in and that’s not your problem. In total frustration, you scream,
“What the Hell do I do Now? “
No Diagnostic Tests
The guy on Youtube never tells you how to confirm that that’s your problem nor do they ever tell you what the other problems could be or how to test and figure out that that’s really your problem; you never, ever hear any of that on Youtube. No diagnostic logic or tests, just how to replace parts.
It’s up to me to help you avoid falling into the Youtube trap, you need to learn the basics and you need to learn what questions to ask and what diagnostic tests to run before you rush off and order a part. You don’t want to guess, you want to know for sure so that you don’t waste time and money. And when you are stuck you need quick help!
Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that Youtube is useless but you have to be pretty smart or an expert in order to filter and sift through all the crap and find the valuable stuff and until you reach a certain level of expertise you can’t separate the good from the bad. So what are you going to do?
Are you going to fumble around for six months or six years going through a painful learning curve or are you going to bypass all the mines and the minefields, go right to the target and get this stuff right the first time?
Let me help you get started off on the right foot, I’d love to hear your Youtube stories, so leave me a comment and tell me what happened to you. Do you agree with me on my harsh assessment of the value of all those wonderful online fix it videos?
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