[TechAssist] Re: Guy outside the list is asking for a schematic
- From: "markbrock" <markbrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 09:48:31 -0600
Yea, what Al said, but we are becoming our own enemy, for instance I had
another guy who called me, his RCA set quit, didn't want to pay someone to
do something he could to, cause he had a solder gun ( I can imagine ) so he
put in the chassis number in yahoo and searched, got techassist's free
list and the solution with part numbers from myself and several others,
don't know who else he called but since my signature file was at the bottom
with email, fax, phone, etc. he calls me and wants to know where he can buy
the part I mentioned and put it in his set. I wouldn't help him but sure
he's found someone that would, including parts house, without much more
effort and certainly saved him some money, probably mcm, they come up
when you search for electronics parts, and will sell to anyone for same
price as us. All he wanted was an RCA part # ______can't remember what it
was but it was the 1 meg resistor that opens off the regulator, so mcm
probably sold him this part for about 3 bucks and got another $8 for
shipping, so they made ten bucks, the guy is happy, one of us could have
fixed it in five minutes and made $45.00 profit. we're killin ourselves.
and now if someone searches today's archives they will know how to fix there
own stuff.
brock
Brock Electronics
R.R.4 box 237
5208 cr.3385
Independence Ks. 67301
620-331-0235
fax 331-7191
markbrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Zenith*Philips*Peavey*Fender*Crate
we work on all brands,makes,models
of anything that plugs in the wall
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Keller" <dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 8:56 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Guy outside the list is asking for a schematic
> I agree whole-heartedly with Als' comments.
>
> 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"
>
>
>
>
>
> 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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