Fill-in phone cover · for 1–5 tech shops

Take the day off. Don't lose the calls.

Dentist appointment. Kid's thing. Van in the shop. Your office person out sick. The phone still rings, and voicemail costs you a week of work. Forward it to us for four hours instead.

// No contract · no software required · you keep your phone line

// Not a call center

The person answering your phone has run a repair shop.

Most answering services read your calls off a script. They take a name and a number, and half the time the customer hangs up before they finish. That's not cover, that's a slower voicemail.

// We spent 17 years in appliance repair and 14 of them owning the shop. So when a customer says the dryer is tumbling but not heating, or asks whether the diag fee comes off the repair, or wants to know why the tech is running late — those get a real answer, not a message slip. And when it's a job you'd rather quote yourself, it comes straight to you.

// Prepaid, no contract

Book a day. Or a half day.

Pay for the block you booked. Don't book another one and nothing happens. There is nothing to cancel.

Most shops start here

Half day

$75
One 4-hour block

Morning or afternoon. Enough to cover an appointment, a school run, or a morning you need off the phone.

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Full day

$150
Both blocks, 8 to 5

The whole workday covered. For when you're out, not just away from the desk.

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Standing

$375/wk
Same block, five days

Prepaid weekly. For shops that want the mornings handled every day without hiring anybody.

Parts ordering, on its own — $200/week

Model number to tech sheet to the right part from the right supplier, plus cores, returns and backorder chasing. Some shops keep their own phones and only want this part handled. That's fine. And if you want the books done too, that's on our back-office services page.

// Prepaid by the block. Card, PayPal, or however you normally pay a vendor.

// The short version

You don't have to change anything you're already doing.

Most services like this want you to move your whole operation over first. We don't need any of it.

// Two blocks, Eastern time

Pick a block, forward the phone.

Book it the day before so we can spend fifteen minutes learning your shop first. That call is included.

BlockHoursGood for
AM8:00 – 12:00 ETMorning appointments, school runs, getting a truck looked at
PM1:00 – 5:00 ETAfternoons off, a job you have to run yourself, leaving early
Both8:00 – 5:00 ETA full day out. $150.

Something blew up today?

Office person called out, van died, you're stuck on a job you can't leave. Call us. If the block is open we'll take it same day. We won't promise we're always free, but we're usually not booked solid.

// Running by tomorrow morning

How it works.

Three steps, and two of them take five minutes.

01
Tell us the day
Call or text which block you need. Pay for it up front. That's the whole booking.
02
Fifteen minutes the day before
Your prices, your techs, your service area, and where an emergency goes. Included, not extra.
03
Forward your phone
Flip forwarding on when you leave. We answer as your shop, book what we can, and send you a log of every call before the block ends.
// Straight answers

Answering, answered.

Do I need to be an ApplianceOps customer?

No. This works whether you use our software, someone else's, or a whiteboard. Nobody will tell you that you need to switch.

Who actually answers the phone?

One person, and it's the same person every time. Seventeen years in appliance repair, fourteen of them owning the shop. You are not getting a rotating call-center queue.

What happens to my phone line?

Nothing. You forward it for the hours you're gone and turn forwarding back off when you're back. It stays your number, your carrier, your account.

Can you book jobs into my scheduling software?

Not on the first day, and you shouldn't set that up before you've seen how it goes. On day one we take the calls and send you a written log. If you decide you want jobs going straight onto your board, set us up with a user then.

What if someone calls with an emergency?

We qualify it and get it to you or your on-call tech immediately, however you tell us to reach you. Emergencies are the first thing we ask about on the setup call.

What do I get at the end of the block?

A log. Calls taken, jobs booked, quotes waiting on an answer, anything routed to you, and one line per call with the name, the number, the machine and what they wanted. Most owners read it and find calls they'd have lost.

Can I book you for one day and never again?

Yes, and plenty do. It's prepaid by the block, so there's nothing to cancel and nobody will chase you.

// Voicemail is not a plan

Book the block. Take the day.

Tell us which four hours you need covered and pay for that one block. If it goes badly you've lost seventy-five dollars. If it goes well you've found the thing you've been needing for years.

Call or text: (661) 779-9091