Hollis Boone · First Edition · 2026

Stop overpaying
for repairs

A repairman turns his tablet around in your kitchen and watches your face while you read the number. This book is everything that changes when you already know what he knows.

The Appliance Survival Playbook cover
132-page illustrated PDF + 4 bonuses · instant download · 30-day guarantee
No. 1 · The quote that isn't a diagnosis

The number has nothing to do with what's wrong


Most repair quotes have very little to do with what's actually broken, and a great deal to do with what the company needs to make that day. It isn't that every repairman is a crook. It's that the whole system pays more when you know less.

Take the most common one. Your fridge stops cooling, and someone quotes you a new compressor — or tells you to just buy a new fridge. But a large share of "bad compressor" calls are really a failed start relay: a small part that fails far more often than the compressor, and produces the exact same symptom.

A repair technician showing a quote on a tablet to a homeowner at a kitchen table
The moment the whole thing is decided — by whether you know what he knows.
$20 vs $700+
A start relay is a $20–$50 part. The compressor quote it hides behind runs $350–$700 and up. A technician can tell them apart in minutes — if you know to make him.

That gap exists in every appliance in your house. The washer that "needs a pump" is usually a sock in the filter. The dryer that won't heat is a five-dollar fuse — and the reason it blew is a vent you can clear for free. None of it is secret because it's hard. It's secret because there's no money in you knowing it.

132 pages · Illustrated PDF · 2026

The book


Forty-two chapters across every appliance in your house — washers, refrigerators, dryers, dishwashers, ovens, disposals — written by a man who spent thirty years on the other side of that tablet.

Every chapter is built the same way: the symptom, what's actually happening inside the machine, the cheap check you can do yourself, the fair price if it's a real repair, and the exact words to say so nobody sells you the expensive fix before ruling out the cheap one. Every price is drawn from current 2026 industry data and cross-checked. Every chapter is illustrated so you can see exactly what you're looking at.

It's a reference you keep by the machines and open when something quits — so that the next time a number turns around in your kitchen, you're the one who already knows.

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Everything in the bundle

Everything you need before the next quote turns around
The Appliance Survival Playbook — 132-page illustrated PDF$34.99
Bonus: The Say-This Card — every service-call script, one page$19
Bonus: The Fair-Price Tables — every repair cost, one sheet$14
Bonus: The Model-Number Parts Guide — source your own parts$14
Bonus: The 15-Minute Monthly Round — the prevention checklist$19
Lifetime updates — every future revision, free$19
Total value$119.99
$34.99$59.99 Launch price. One payment, no subscription, yours forever.
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30-Day
Guarantee
Read it, use it on your next repair. If it doesn't save you more than it cost, email me within 30 days and I'll refund every cent — and you keep the book.
No. 2 · The math

Don't weigh this against other books


Weigh it against what one turned-around tablet costs you.

One avoided "compressor" that was really a relay pays for this book roughly twenty times over. One dryer vent you clear before it blows the fuse — or worse. One washer pump you don't replace because it was a sock. One quote you turn down because you knew to ask the one question that made them account for the cheap fix.

The book costs $34.99 once. The first repair it saves you almost always runs into the hundreds. After that, everything it saves you for the rest of your life is free.

No. 3 · What's inside

Forty-two chapters. Seven sections. In the order you'll need them.

The washer pump filter A clogged dryer vent Cleaning refrigerator coils The garbage disposal hex wrench
Every chapter is illustrated so you can see exactly what you're looking at.
Section One · Washers
  • When It Won't Drain — the sock, not the pump
  • Won't Spin · Leaks · The Front-Loader Smell · Bangs & Walks · Won't Fill · Error Codes
Section Two · Refrigerators
  • When It Stops Cooling — the $20 relay behind the $700 quote
  • Leaks · Runs Constantly · Freezer Frost · Ice Maker · Water & Ice Dispenser
Section Three · Dryers
  • Won't Heat · Won't Start · Squeals & Thumps
  • The Vent That Starts Fires — the one that isn't about money
  • Takes Two Cycles · The Gas Dryer
Section Four · Dishwashers
  • Won't Drain · Won't Clean · Won't Fill · Leaks & Spots · Error Codes
Section Five · Ovens & Ranges
  • Electric Won't Heat · The Gas Oven & the Hard Line · Wrong Temperature
  • Hot Spots · The Self-Clean Trap · Door Won't Close
Section Six · Disposals & Small Fixtures
  • The Disposal That Just Hums — the wrench taped to its own side
  • The Dead-Silent Disposal · The Microwave & the One You Never Open
Section Seven · The Reference Shelf
  • The Say-This Scripts · Repair-vs-Replace Math · The Tool Drawer & the Multimeter
  • Reading Model Numbers · Getting a Second Opinion · The Habits That Kill Appliances
  • The 15-Minute Monthly Round · When the Quote Is Fair · The Hard Walls
No. 4 · Why I made this
Hollis Boone
“I spent thirty years walking into people's homes and telling them what a repair would cost. Most of the techs I worked alongside were honest and tired. But I watched too many people say yes to a number they had no way to judge — pay for a compressor that was a relay, replace a dryer over a clogged vent. So I wrote down everything I'd tell my own family: check the cheap thing first, ask the question that makes them account for it, and know exactly where to stop. That's the whole book.”
— Hollis Boone, Appliance Repairman (Ret.)
No. 5 · Before you ask

Plain answers


Isn't a lot of this on YouTube for free?

Some of it, yes — scattered across dozens of videos in no particular order. The book puts it all in one place, in the order you'll actually need it: every symptom, every cheap check, every fair price, and the exact words to say — plus the price tables and scripts that don't fit in a video. You're paying to have it all together, in a book you can hold open by the machine.

I'm not handy. Is this too technical for me?

No. Most of the fixes are "unplug it, open this panel, clear this out" — no special skill. And for the repairs you won't do yourself, the book's just as valuable: it tells you the fair price and the exact question to ask, so you're never overcharged even when you do call someone.

Will this work for my brand of appliance?

Yes. The failures covered — pump filters, start relays, thermal fuses, vents, spray arms — work the same way across every major brand. The book also shows you how to find your exact model number to source the precise part when you need one.

What do I actually get, and how?

The 132-page illustrated PDF plus all four bonus sheets, delivered instantly as downloads the moment you pay. Read them on any phone, tablet, or computer, or print them. One payment, no subscription, and you get every future update free.

What if it doesn't help me?

Then you shouldn't pay for it. Use it on your next repair, and if it doesn't save you more than it cost, email me within 30 days for a full refund — and keep the book anyway. The risk is mine, not yours.

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The whole bundle, once more

One payment · yours forever · 30-day guarantee
The Appliance Survival Playbook — 132 illustrated pages$34.99
+ 4 companion bonus sheets$66
+ Lifetime updates$19
Total value$119.99
$34.99$59.99 Launch price. One payment, no subscription, yours forever.
Launch price ends in --d --h --m --s
No. 6 · Last call

Somebody's going to name the price for your repair.

Make sure it's not just the person holding the tablet.

The repairman across your kitchen already knows what's really wrong and what it's really worth. For $34.99, so will you — before the next number ever turns around.

Instant download · 30-day money-back guarantee · keep the book either way