LOL…I think I just received an email from someone with the same philosophy.
As far as I’m concerned…
…You should not be calling out a functioning piece of equipment.
All this “calling out” is just an attempt to cover your butt. Cover it with a warranty.
If it’s that old the warranty won’t cover it anyway.
When a warranty won’t cover a unit because of its age, it also supports home inspector against claims because the equipment failed due to age rather than inadequate evaluation by the home inspector.
If a warranty won’t cover it, why should you be expected to?
The warranty is only for 100 days. How is this going to help the inspector who gets a call from a client on Day 115 demanding compensation for his 7 year old water heater that has a failed heating element?
MW will help the inspector by explaining 2 things to the client:
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A failed heating element in a 7 year old water heater is nothing that could have been discovered by an inspector 115 days before the failure.
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The 100 day warranty is for 100 days.
Even an E&O policy wouldn’t cover it.
“Explanations” be damned. The client is still going to resent the “worthless” warranty passed on to him by the inspector. There are already “investigative news reports” on this.
Many of us go through great pains to explain to the client that the inspection is NOT a warranty. To turn around and provide one…one that covers only brand new items until they break…is a silly way to invite the client to expect more than just a home inspection.
If it were a good idea…I don’t think you would be forced to give them away. You would find plenty of folks willing to pay the mere $17.
The warranty is not a reason not to do your job.
It should not be something the client depends upon. It covers something that may break in the short term, that’s it.
I’d consider it just to keep someone from saying it was working last week.
Excuse me if I have missed something,
If even 200 inspectors partcipated in this warranty program, the warranty company would need 1 to 2 people on staff to handle just the phone calls coming in and misc other work associated with this.
Where does the profit come from?
Who pays the bills and the claims?
Where does the initial funding come from and why?
$17 is not going to cover it.
Free “next year” is surely not going to pay for it.
Excellent question Bruce.
Feel free to call me anytime about Mountain Warranty. I don’t get to the message board enough.
We’re only a few days away from releasing one of most important videos developed.
Coming soon to NACHI.TV.
Ben how about answering Bruce s question here, that would save me a call.
Thanks - looks like a good program to me, even at 100 days, even 50 days is better than 0 days!
Follow up warranty policies?
What idiot would buy a policy that lasts 100 days, has a $1K Maximum limit and covers very little, including, but not limited to no item over 15 years old? It also excludes mobile homes and or homes on any historical registers.
Follow up warranty policies have nothing to do with this. This is simply another attempt by Nick to have home inspectors sell a profit center for him. The profit center is listed below:
Will, that is an outright lie. I don’t own Guardian and never did.
The warranties (which help inspectors sell more inspections) are available with our without Guardian. Guardian just happens to be one company (soon to be many) who will pay for the warranty for you, if you want them to.
Guardian appears on NACHI.TV on episode 17. http://www.nachi.tv/episode17
The warranty was written and designed through the eyes of an attorney (Mark Cohen) and myself. There are exclusions. The inspector’s clients should be well informed of them. I inform all my inspectors that if there is something that they feel should be covered by the warranty, just call me and we’ll work something out. I’ve made edits to the warranty that go back retroactively. I’m always open to suggestions as to improving the warranty and coverage - like the mobile home exclusion. (Again, I do business on my phone and through email, not on any message board, so feel free to call me anytime).
I updated the HVAC course page to include over 35 pictures that were “snapped” from the online video course itself. Check it out.
Who said you own Guardian? My response, if you’ll take the time to read it, is in response to Davids quote about how this program operates in a “Free” environment.
Are you suggesting that when each inspector registers the house and client with Guardian, they won’t be contacting them about their security services?
Shame on me for thinking you some how benefit from these side line products and services.
I guess there is a free lunch after all…
The warranty is available with or without Guardian. Guardian only offers it in 3 cities anyway. This has nothing to do with Guardian and I don’t have any financial interest in Guardian.
Will writes:
Yes, shame on you.
Nick,
Will customers be contacted for further services? or the expand on this warranty?
They’ll be contacted for marketing purposes on a variety of issues, services and or products. They may also receive printed material, “Crap” via the NACHI ownerships private printing/publishing companies and or partnerships with other vendors like “Pro-Lab” for example.
Here’s a MB thread from 2006 explaining why NACHI continues to push printed materials which in my opinion, no one reads.
https://www.nachi.org/forum/f11/international-association-certified-home-inspectors-quarterly-17699/
Nothing wrong with any of this. Just don’t get confused on what NACHI is all about. A vendor driven association designed to sell product and services for profit to the home inspection industry.
They’re selling these warranties??
My biggest competitor has been providing MHW for years now. I know for a fact that many realtors give them referrals due to the fact you get a home warranty if they do your inspection. I think it is just a matter of making sure the YOU inform YOUR clients about the limited nature of the warranty, and don’t count on the REA to do it for you. Even a little, limited coverage if better than none at all, right? Just make sure you don’t sell it as a Cadillac when it is really Yugo! Just my humble opinion, but I will probably use it, as the marketing tool it is.