[TechAssist] Re: Here's a new one
- From: Larry <schntv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:46:51 -0400
I agree, Phil, but
i dont think it is just the south. I think it is the small
town altitude.
I have spent my adult life in this 30k town after gowning up
in a 1k town 10 mile away. i thought i moved to the big city
when i moved here.
lol
most of the locals know each other or at least a relative or
friend of each other.
so we try to be neighborly even if under our breath we are
disgusted.
We go to church on sunday and try to set a good example for
our children.
We were taught that winning isnt the most important thing in life.
Larry
Phil Bader wrote:
> I've bit my tongue a few times with out of town callers wanting advice
> on their TVs.(from my emails).
> But I think the "New York" mind set is not because these northern folks
> are more brash, it's just in a big metropolis everything is
> magnified.Another words, Us small southern towners may get a guy every
> two months at most trying our patience.Now, go up north to a large city,
> and have customers hammer you 3 times a day for 10 years on the same
> darn thing.You finally get to the end,and say "enough already!".
> Like the grumpy old men in check out lines.Are they really grumpier than
> I am, or have they simply had a head start putting up with the same ol
> Bullshix for 40 years.After that long, you've kinda heard it all
> before,excuses and all!
> As a southerner,I understand! People will push just as far as you let
> them!Like children in a classroom, you must set limits.
> Now...reach thru that phone and STRANGLE'M!
> ;-)
> Phil
>
> Philip Bader
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>
> walter wood wrote:
>
>
>>Jim, I mean NO offence, but I'm in Southern Middle
>>Tennessee, 18 miles from the Alabama border.
>>That may explain the difference in our mindset.
>>My wife visited New York once, and doesn't want to
>>go back.
>>I've never had the pleasure, but I'm sure I could
>>cope.
>>Anyway, I feel that it is best to eer on the side
>>of nice, and help others as much as possible.
>>I've found that every good deed comes back around,
>>in some form or another.
>>But even if it didn't, I'd have the pleasure of
>>liking the man in the mirror.
>>I've been self employed nearly all of my working
>>life(I'm 59 years old), and so far, have not gone
>>broke, nor, have I been to rehab or therapy,
>>although all three are still a possibility.
>>After all, I'm a tech.
>>I guess the somewhat slower pace of life down here
>>allows this.
>>Must be something to it, as we have retirees from
>>all over the Northern part of our land.
>>And that's OK too.
>>Walter
>>
>>
>>--- becyn <becyn@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>John,
>>>It clear from this post that you're a very nice
>>>guy.
>>>Unfortunately, ya know where you're going to
>>>finish in the $ race if you
>>>keep
>>>it up.
>>>
>>>Maybe it's my nasty NY attitude, but I would be
>>>offended if someone had the
>>>moxey to call me up to talk some half-baked tech
>>>through a repair-FOR FREE.
>>>
>>>Last I knew, we are trying to make a living at
>>>this. Running a no-charge
>>>tech line
>>>doesn't sound too profitable to me. If your
>>>advice fixed it, I doubt the
>>>customer
>>>would send you one red cent!
>>>
>>>When I get the "second guessing" call from
>>>customers who already had another
>>>tech give them an estimate, I tell them that I
>>>can't comment on another
>>>person's
>>>pricing, since I'm not sure the underlying
>>>diagnosis is correct. I ask
>>>if they would
>>>like to have us take a look (for a fee of
>>>coarse). Sometimes they do.
>>>
>>>In a case like yours, I'd ask why he didn't bring
>>>to me first, since he
>>>so much
>>>confidence in me. If he said I was too far away,
>>>I'd tell him tech line
>>>is $ 3.00 a minute.
>>>May I have your credit card # please???
>>>
>>>I bet next think I'd hear would be a dial tone!
>>>But hey, it's worth a try!
>>>
>>>Jim McVey
>>>McVey Alltronix
>>>327 Broadway
>>>Newburgh N.Y. 12550
>>>
>>>"If it doesn't play...
>>>CALL MCVEY !!!!!!"
>>>Factory authorized
>>>service for over 20
>>>major brands.
>>>845 561 8383
>>>(Last of the Mohegans)
>>>
>>>John @ Myers TV wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>In the past, we've all received phone calls from
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>customers wo've found
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>us though our postings here on TA. Friday, I had
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>a new twist to it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>A customer called me in reference to a post I
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>made on a JVC PTV, a year,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>or two ago. He had a technician at his home, and
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>asked me to speak to
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>him. I spoke to the tech for 20-30 minutes,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>runing down a voltage
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>source, and BS'ing.
>>>>We didn't solve anything, but it left me
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>wondering how I'd handle it if
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>a customer put me on the spot like that. I think
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>I'd probably have told
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>him to take a hike!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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>>Walter Wood
>>United TV Service
>>501 Poplar St.
>>P.O. box 602
>>Pulaski Tn. 38478
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