Robert Krughoff started Washington consumers checkbook in 1976, checkbook magazine expanded to several other cities, including the San Francisco area over the years.
This was a spin off of consumer reports to rate local businesses for their honesty and efficiency, and doing anything from repairing appliances to plumbing air-conditioning roofs they also reviewed healthcare items and issues.
I post this here because I think this man and the organization did more to save thousands of vintage appliances than anybody I can think of
When consumer reports went on a rampage 15 20 years ago of recommending not repairing appliances after only a few years checkbook, consistently recommended repairing them if possible ( consumer reports stopped giving out this bad advice about six or eight years ago after thousands of readers complained about the wasteful nature of just recommending replacement over repairs )
Checkbook magazine here in the Washington area was responsible for at least a quarter of our total business by recommending the top performing companies.
Among the many findings they found over the years is they often found that there is no correlation between price and quality often the least expensive contractors were actually the best ones .
Luckily checkbook magazine lives on Robert retired from it about two years ago. I got to know this man personally when I was on television with him one time promoting the magazine
John.
This was a spin off of consumer reports to rate local businesses for their honesty and efficiency, and doing anything from repairing appliances to plumbing air-conditioning roofs they also reviewed healthcare items and issues.
I post this here because I think this man and the organization did more to save thousands of vintage appliances than anybody I can think of
When consumer reports went on a rampage 15 20 years ago of recommending not repairing appliances after only a few years checkbook, consistently recommended repairing them if possible ( consumer reports stopped giving out this bad advice about six or eight years ago after thousands of readers complained about the wasteful nature of just recommending replacement over repairs )
Checkbook magazine here in the Washington area was responsible for at least a quarter of our total business by recommending the top performing companies.
Among the many findings they found over the years is they often found that there is no correlation between price and quality often the least expensive contractors were actually the best ones .
Luckily checkbook magazine lives on Robert retired from it about two years ago. I got to know this man personally when I was on television with him one time promoting the magazine
John.
