[TechAssist] Re: Here's a new one

  • From: "Damon" <damoneb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 02:08:15 -0500

Actually I liked the Helpful New Yorkers (Manhatten) and yes the food prices
were HIGH......but......it fed 2 people!
Hugh quantity of food!!!
(But that's the Locals feeding you, not the National Chain Restaurants)

Damon B
Telrad Electronics
Fort Wayne IN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "walter wood" <wwood_38478@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 4:00 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Here's a new one


> Great.
> I'm so glad we can converse without hurt feelings,
> and flared tempers.
> As for NY, I'd personally like to visit.
> Our choir director goes about twice a year.
> He holds a PhD in music and is the local college
> professor.
> He loves the shows and the food, two things I hold
> dear.
> As for my wife, Cathy, it would have been 1968.
> We wern't married yet, but soon would be.
> She was an exchange student, going to London, and
> Paris for the summer, while I was at Ft.
> Lenordwood, Missouri.
> She flew into NY, and had a layover.
> Probably not the greatest example, but she was
> appaled by the prices, and said everyone she met
> was rude.
> She loved London England.
> She Hated Paris France, and was in bith cities long
> enough to get a good feel for it.
> I'm a lot more laid back than she is, in fact, more
> than most people.
> Even around here.
> Your example of your mechanic talking you through a
> tranny repair on the phone is a little different
> than the actual case as, I assume, you don't fix
> trannys at all.
> The origional scenareo, was two techs talking, even
> though the circumstances that brought them together
> were strange.
> Anyway, I'd love to continue to converse with you
> about our different areas of the country, but we
> probably should take it off list, UNLESS, some
> others would like to engage in peaceful
> conversation.
> Walter
>
> --- becyn <becyn@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Walt,
> > no offense taken. Though I must say we're not all
> > bad!
> > Now, you as a member of the "Bible belt" should
> > be familiar with the
> > phrase "do onto others as you would have done to
> > you".
> >
> > Well, I would  NEVER have the nerve to expect my
> > mechanic to talk me
> > through a transmission job on the phone for free!
> > So the issue of him "being
> > nice" wouldn't come up. I pay as I go... It's a
> > matter of  being "fair
> > minded".
> >
> > NY is beautiful in the summer.  Where did your
> > wife go that was such a
> > bad experience?
> > The decade is important on thet topic as well.
> >
> > 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)
> >
> > 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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> > >United TV Service
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