Gary, that was VERY well put. Walter --- Gary McCartney <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have taken into consideration of everyones > opinion and I came up with > an answer for the guy who emailed me wanting a > schematic. Below is what > I told him. Also, opinion is that everyone in the > group should stop > publically mentioning that they are "sending the > schematic" or > "uploading the schematic". This should be done > privately only. > > > > > My reply to the guy: > > Hi. > > I am sorry but the messages you found are from a > private professional > Technician's email list. The messages are > unwillingly searchable on the > internet. I have asked other group members their > opinion on sharing > information outside the group and a unaminous > answer was NOT to share, > because of the fact that it takes a repair job > away from a proffesional > technician who is having a difficult time earning > his living as it is, > without helping the general public to make their > own repairs, or in many > cases, make the repair even more difficult or > even hurt themselves > attemting to do it. The price of consumer > electronics at the retail > level is declining at such a rapid pace that many > of my fellow group > members may be out of work in the near future. I > hope that you can > understand our situation. > > Thanks for inquiring. > > > > > > > Gary McCartney > > McCartney Electronics > Guelph Ontario Canada > Est. 1984 > email: gary (at) number63.ca > > > > > > > > > markbrock wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- > > > 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/ > > -- > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login > Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ===== Walter Wood Future Tech Home Center 2786 Hwy. 43 N. Lawrenceburg Tn. 38464 931-829-3337 Fax 931-829-4044 mailto:wwood_38478@xxxxxxxxx __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/