[TechAssist] Re: Guy outside the list is asking for a schematic
- From: larry <schntv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 11:08:31 -0500
i agree.
i never sell parts, across the counter. we are a repair shop,
not a parts store.
i tell them they are my stock to repair sets with, where i do
make my living. and i loose money on them, especially the time
to research and order them, and shipping, and depreciation on
the shelf and many that just disappear.
i left a decent man go because he had too many family and
friends he repaired for.
he was just moon lighting with my parts, is my opinion.
another thing is phone calls.
i never give an estimate on the phone.
i listen politely then tell the to bring it in with the
deposit , and i will give them an accurate estimate then.
I do get along with my local competition.
we occasionally share schematics.
My competition is Wal-Mart.
i have found most will only pay half what a new one would cost
them.
so before you spend half a day on a 13 inch combo, think twice.
as for decent wages,
i want to be totally legal, with all the license and
insurance, and working in an authorized business location,
business phone and yellow pages full time counter and phone
clerk open 50 hours a week. 3 employees needed.
but it takes a lot of 50 buck repairs to pay for this.
i need health insurance, and many other expenses,
in my area, 50K in decent living here. but nothing to brag about.
just my opinion,
Larry
lol
.
Al L wrote:
> I want a sig file before I will help,and I don't help the locals,they don't
> help me, always been that way.When a young tech(part time) comes to me for
> parts(I never have em in stock) I ALWAYS give him a difficult source,far
> away.I also don't hire local "techs" with known part time businesses,don't
> train techs,all because of training my competition.I recently let a good
> tech go ,evenn though i could use him, because he was dong more and more
> work for "friends and relatives" and less available to me.
> IF YOU HELP AND TRAIN NEW COMPETITION,BE PREPARED TO GET SCREWED!!
> As for groups like ours, they should be PRIVATE! That lawyer knows very
> well his work could be done easily if some one told us how to fill out the
> court papers,but HE is smart enough to support laws against that!
> Lets help each other, and any techs that will help us,PROVIDED they
> charge the gouing rate.NO help for people that say we are crooks and charge
> too much,because we have to make a living.
>
> Al Leatherman
> 224 RT. 46
> Mine Hill, NJ 07803
> 973-361-5796
> WWW.ALS-TV.NET
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "markbrock" <markbrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 9:01 AM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Guy outside the list is asking for a schematic
>
>
>
>>I'm all for helping a guy out, but don't like the idea that more and more
>>home techs are being born because of the information on the Internet,.
>
> My
>
>>lawyer friend mentioned that he had a Philips set that the pix kept going
>>crazy on him, he did a search on the Internet, and it gave him a past
>>history post from one of these repair groups, told what part to change,
>>gave him value, even the name and address of tech who posted the solution,
>>he got the part from Radio Shack, he fixed his set for less than $5, I
>>can see that he'll never need my services again, or if he does it will be
>
> a
>
>>dog set, yea, he clears 100K per year and I'm scraping like the rest,
>
> not
>
>>near a good of friend as he was. anyone else finding out that more and
>
> more
>
>>non-techs are getting in the back of there sets ? maybe I'm just
>
> paranoid
>
>>? or jealous, to answer your question, If he was within a service call
>
> of
>
>>my shop I'd be skeptical about training any competition, just my vent for
>>the day.
>>brock
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 8:57 AM
>>Subject: [TechAssist] Guy outside the list is asking for a schematic
>>
>>
>>
>>>I got an email from a guy outside the list who is asking for a
>>>schematic. He said he found me on a Google search and that he works at a
>>>non profit computer recycling centre where he also gets stuff like
>>>stereo receivers. Is there any problem sharing the schematic with him
>>>(copyright comes to mind- anything else?)
>>>--
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Gary McCartney
>>>
>>>McCartney Electronics
>>>Guelph Ontario Canada
>>>Est. 1984
>>>email: gary (at) number63.ca
>>>
>>>
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