Right! I tell all my social acquaintances that I am a ressurectionist or they would be bothering me day or night. Jerry Silverman Greentron Inc 4 Newland Ave Greenville SC 29609 Fax/Phone 864 232 3889 mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Keller" <dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 6:51 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Average VCR repair ticket? > "I will not work on them for friends either because if they are > really friends they would not ask you todeprive your family > of income." (This also applies to all electronics......the "buddies" > that "just want you to check it out and see what it's going to > cost to fix it", but actually expect you to do it for nothing.) > Everyone needs to reread this one and think about it. > > Doug Keller > Wis-Kel Electronics > 101 Freeland Ave. > Terra Alta, WV > USA 26764 > dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.tech-assist.org > "Learn from the mistakes of others, because you > won't live long enough to make them all yourself" > > > > > > Jay wrote: > > >Hello, > > I stopped repairing Vcrs over three years ago. Before then repaired > >many. When the price bottomed out I bailed out and do not miss them a > >bit. I still work on the time lapse units but that is it. Did not hurt > >the pocketbook, I believe it helped because now I spend more time > >working on higher end television. I will not work on them for friends > >either because if they are really friends they would not ask you to > >deprive your family of income. I would rather NOT be in the position > >where you have to justify the repair bill to a customer. To each his own > >I guess, but I am much happier without Vcrs and the problems with the > >customers who bring them in. > > > >Jay > >Jay's TV > >Clarksburg, Wv > > > >Phil Bader wrote: > > > > > > > >>Without starting the "dreaded long thread" subject, just curious as to > >>what the average repair bill comes to for VCRs now adays. > >>I still collect a $25.00 up front fee which applies to filan approved > >>bill. Mine seem to range from $49.00 to $90.00 > >>I get people with hi end Sonys,etc that love them and will spend. And > >>how you reason with the customer. > >>Just ask'in. > >>Phil Bader > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > >Lost Password: > >http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > >Email Archives: > >//www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.5.0 - Release Date: 12/9/04 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.5.0 - Release Date: 12/9/04 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/