Ed Gaides for Prime Minster of Canada..Eric Eric Manuel Deer Lake Nfld Canada Doug Keller wrote: > > Ed for president!!!!!!!!!! (or governor of California) > > Doug Keller > Wis-Kel Electronics > 101 Freeland Ave. > Terra Alta, WV > USA 26764 > dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.tech-assist.org > "Learn from the mistakes of others, because you > won't live long enough to make them all yourself" > > Tel-Tek Electronics wrote: > > >Thomson in US eliminated 1200 jobs, which went to China. That's 1200 > >people, and families which quite likely will go unto some form of > >Government assistance. I don't think that there is any way of turning > >this around. Unless some branch of government gets involved. May have to > >sidestep some patent right, open a few large factories to manufacture > >this stuff, pay the workers a "reasonable" wage, keep the unions out. > >Market the product for Homeland consumption. Give a proper Warranty, > >have spare parts available. Sell at slightly more than cost of > >production. This gives jobs to those that want them, and stimulates the > >economy. Maybe use the billions we spend overseas, helping countries, > >that really don't want our help, and revitalize our own interests for a > >change. > > I realize this sounds over simplistic. But I would rather own > >one "good" VCR, and pay $300 for it, then have 3 Orion's at $69 in my > >Wall Unit, so I have 2 backups. > > Think of the joy of picking up the phone, calling the Parts > >Department, or Service Department, and some one saying, How ya all doing > >this morning"..that in itself would be worth the extra money. > > > >-Ed- > > > >Ed Gaidies > >Tel-Tek Electronics > >Ontario-Canada > > > >teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doug Keller > >Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:00 AM > >To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC > > > >Or they will just absorb and take us over the way they have our > >manufacturing. > > > >Doug Keller > >Wis-Kel Electronics > >101 Freeland Ave. > >Terra Alta, WV > >USA 26764 > >dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >http://www.tech-assist.org > >"Learn from the mistakes of others, because you > >won't live long enough to make them all yourself" > > > > > > > >Tel-Tek Electronics wrote: > > > > > > > >>I can't understand why someone, wiser then us guys, can not see the > >>shifting trend of All electronics being manufactured by the Asians. I > >>wonder how much of our defense equipment, including missile tracking, > >>satellite technology, CRT and LCD displays in our tanks and fighting > >>vehicles, Night Vision technology, etc, depends on parts from China, > >>Korea and other Asian countries. How will we get news updates from CNN, > >>if we can't get parts for our > >>NEC's...Goldstars...Sanyo's...Daewoos...Orions...and now RCA and GE > >>TV's. How much of our Electrical grid depends on monitoring systems > >> > >> > >made > > > > > >>in China and the likes. If we continue to depend on technology from > >>outside North America, we better not "pixx" these countries off. Or we > >>will find many things on Backorder in the future. > >> > >>-Ed- > >> > >>Ed Gaidies > >>Tel-Tek Electronics > >>Ontario-Canada > >> > >>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of walter wood > >>Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 12:49 AM > >>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC > >> > >>Seems to me that Goldstar was the CRT supplier when > >>Zenith was having such a bad time of it with the > >>"soft short" taking out all the main boards, and > >>the sets being "Not worth fixing". > >>That was pretty much all the '90's. > >>I never could figure out why Zenith didn't find > >>another CRT supplier. > >>I guess that was a way to tear zenith down so > >>Goldstar could buy them. > >>Walter > >>--- Tel-Tek Electronics <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>>When they became LG Electronics. > >>> > >>>-Ed- > >>> > >>>Ed Gaidies > >>>Tel-Tek Electronics > >>>Ontario-Canada > >>> > >>>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx > >>> > >>>-----Original Message----- > >>>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > >>>Behalf Of Kevin > >>>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 7:49 PM > >>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC > >>> > >>>When did Korea (Goldstar) take over control of > >>>Zenith? > >>> > >>>Kevin Wilks > >>>Kevin's TV & Video Repair > >>>Penticton BC Canada > >>>kevintv@xxxxxxx > >>> > >>> > >>>-----Original Message----- > >>>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > >>>Behalf Of > >>>repair1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 4:10 PM > >>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC > >>> > >>>Actually rca and ge tvs as we knew them have not > >>>existed since about > >>>1989, > >>>the story goes like this, ge bought rca, which > >>>owned nbc, banquet foods, > >>>burlington mills, hertz rent a car, hazeltine > >>>research, sarnoff labs, > >>>and > >>>randomhouse publishing, and last but not least > >>>their consumer > >>>electronics > >>>company, this was at the time the largest non oil > >>>buyout ever,ge started > >>>selling what it did not want(everything except > >>>nbc), and then made an > >>>offer > >>>to thomson of france, to swap their combined > >>>consumer electronics > >>>company > >>>for thomson's medical equipment division, seems > >>>as though ge really > >>>started > >>>thomson, then the french nationalized it, now it > >>>appears that the french > >>>have decided to take advantage of the "so called > >>>global economy" and buy > >>>into the chinese producers so they can sell fine > >>>products along with > >>>funai > >>>and apex etc, pretty sad > >>> > >>>charles betzler > >>>Best Electronics > >>>repair1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>> > >>> > >>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>From: "LeRoy Westlund" <llw@xxxxxxxxxx> > >>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 5:36 PM > >>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>It's all over now,....but the cryin ! > >>>>We can't get by without RCA/GE sets,...and we > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>don't want China to be > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>involved to anymore degree then they allready > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>are in our Industry. > >>>When > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Korea took over control of Zenith by > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>Goldstar,...that's when Zenith > >>>went > >>>to > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>the dogs,...and now we will see that happen > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>with RCA (Radio > >>>Corporation of > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>America),..what a laugh. > >>>> > >>>>LLW > >>>> > >>>>LeRoy Westlund > >>>>Westlund TV & Electronics I've > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>heard it said: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>93 North Main "that > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>a fool never learns" > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Centerfield, UT 84622-0087 It kinda reminds > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>me of me. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Ph./Fax 435-528-3822 > >>>>mailto:LLW@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>> > >>>>-----Original Message----- > >>>>From: walter wood <wwood_38478@xxxxxxxxx> > >>>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>><techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Date: Monday, December 15, 2003 2:17 PM > >>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>But the Chinese have control, and it is > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>expected > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>>that they will have full ownership in 6 months > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>or > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>>so. > >>>>>One of Thomson's tech support guys told me > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>that he > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>>was going to work at Home Depot, and is > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>expecting > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>>everyone to be laid off in that department. > >>>>>He said that people were dissappearing around > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>there > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>>every day. > >>>>>Oh well, rca couldn't get much worse than the > >>>>>ATC311. > >>>>>Walter > >>>>>--- "Phillip R. Hull" <phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>>>wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>Its 2/3 s Owned by a Co. in China. That > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>is > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>>>what was said at a RCA meeting > >>>>>>a couple of weeks ago. > >>>>>>Phillip R Hull STET > >>>>>>phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>>>>FAX 517--569-3075 > >>>>>>Professional Technicians only > >>>>>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>>>>From: "Tel-Tek Electronics" > >>>>>><teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>>>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>>>>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 3:05 PM > >>>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>Some conglomerate from France...me thinks. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>-Ed- > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>Ed Gaidies > >>>>>>>Tel-Tek Electronics > >>>>>>>Ontario-Canada > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>-----Original Message----- > >>>>>>>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>>>>>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>On > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>>>Behalf Of Keith Trumbla > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 1:52 PM > >>>>>>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Thomson TEC > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>Who owns Thomson now ? > >>>>>>>Keith Trumbla > >>>>>>>BEM Electronics Inc. > >>>>>>>Suite 212-530 Century St. > >>>>>>>WPG. 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