[TechAssist] Re: my own business
- From: wpt19@xxxxxxxxx (WPT19. P)
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 21:31:49 -0400 (EDT)
Is there any one that can tell me why the prices of TV's, Vcr's and
stereo sound equipment has dropped?
I myself started in radio in 1945, maybe I'm the oldest of this group,
since that time
imagine all the knowledge I've had to acquire.
Little by little the prices go up and up, some times not as much.
Rent, licenses, electricity, insurance, phone, water, waste collection,
gas, salaries, monitoring-alarm, and cable bills increase considerably
the cost of overhead.
But the prices of the devices we repair go down, down, down. Nowadays
we're
between the sword and the wall. fix it cheap or I'll buy a new one!. The
result is we don't collect sufficient money for all these expenses, and
don't earn enough profit for us.
In the end the business of TV repair will disappear
Pete
Perdomo TV Inc.
Miami Fl.
wpt19@xxxxxxxxx
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I have been reading all these comments on how you all wish you had done
this and that when you were younger, and think you are trying to make
him stay put in his job. The way I see it is the TV repair industry has
give all of you a good living, paid the bills and the privilege of been
only answerable to yourselves. I say if you want to succeed bad enough,
you will survive and probly do well. We know it's hard work building up
a business, but it's only when you lose your ambitions and turn it into
a routine that YOUR BUSINESS turns into a job. You have to keep reaching
ever higher until, you have employees that do the work for you, and you
then have time to look back at what you have. Just go for it ...The
sky's the limit if you have the right attitude.
Regards Neal
----- Original Message -----
From: "Damon" <DAMON101@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 11:29 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: my own business
Well Gary, I guess we could all worry about our futures, but the reality
is we're electronic techs. If the rug gets pulled out, we'll move to
alarm tech, computer tech, medical electronics, or industrial
electronics. Some of us may go back to school to become engineers,
architects, or maybe connect up to the local factories in some
maintenance based field.
We don't know what our futures hold, I just know that it is my God's
hands....and I don't worry because of that ONE FACT!
Damon Brunger
damon101@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Telrad Electronic Services
Ft Wayne, IN 46815
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary McCartney" <number63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 11:36 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: my own business
I agree with LeRoy.
I'm 40 and wish I would have gone a different direction earlier. In
college (back in 1981) we were even warned not to get into consumer
electronics, but at that time there was a major recession and the only
job I could get was at a TV repair shop. I eventually opted to work for
myself because none of the bosses I had, thought I was fast enough to
make them any money. Now with prices coming down so low that people
replace rather than repair AND also the manufacturers are making parts
and service info almost impossible to aquire, I can see myself wanting
to get out of this field sometime soon. Looking ahead, I can see $129.00
plasma TVs hanging on the wall and I imagine if there is anything inside
to repair, it would be on a module basis, so how many people are gonna
want to repair? Already many DVD players are exchange only under
warranty and no parts available otherwise, so what is the point in all
this? I'm trying to figure out what I want to do instead, but I have no
answer, and I don't want to go back to school.
Gary McCartney
McCartney Electronics
7134 Fife Rd, RR 7
Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4
Fax: (519)821-1530
email: number63 (at) inetsonic.com
LeRoy Westlund wrote:
Randy,
I could never understand why a guy "coudn't" make a good living in this
business.
I have argued about it with relatives and friends now for 30 years. I
used to tell them that "I am damned good at what I do". I have been
running my business on a shoestring, all that time. (NO working
capital).
There were good times along the way,...but, I could have done better
in
some
other profession.
It's beginning to look like they were "right", all along. I waited too
long to get out,...and now at age 59,...I am trapped in it. If I was
your age,(and I know what I know now),...I wouldn't touch it with a 10
ft. pole. I guess the main reason I stayed with it so long,...is because
I LOVED it so much.
It's the kind of job that you don't mind spending extra hours at.(And
you will need to).
Your wife and family will suffer, because you will spend less time with
them.
Just do it part time, till you are sure you made the right decission. It
takes a "die-hard" breed of charactor to see it through to the end. You
can succeed if you have the 4 main ingredients:
NEED,...KNOWHOW,...TOOLS,..and DESIRE !
(I consider MONEY a tool).
IMHO,
LLW
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From: randy a brown <randyabrown1@xxxxxxxx>
To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, August 25, 2002 6:28 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: my own business
I've been married for 13 years. My wife stays home with our 2 kids. I'm
the only one bringing in an income.
Randy A. Brown
Plaza Electronics
Athens, Tn
On Sat, 24 Aug 2002 23:33:09 -0400 "Tech Repair CD support"
<support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Randy,
You married?
My wife carries the bennies on the kids and me. Also, has the 401k, four
weeks vacation, that I don't. I started putting money back each week, I
figure I will invest the savings each
year.
Jeff
FAX 717-564-4952
Intrepid Video & Electronics
501 Luther Rd
Harrisburg PA 17111-2055
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----- Original Message -----
From: "randy a brown" <randyabrown1@xxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 5:50 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: my own business
I would agree with you 100% if i got good benefits. I do get 4 holidays
off IF they fall mon-fri, and I get one week paid vacation--- but
if
I
quit before the end of the year I have to pay that back. I'm 34. Nobody
in the company has gotten a raise in over a year and there's no raise in
sight. I checked into becoming an ACS but they want you to have a shop.
I
do agree that there is a LOT of crap. Thanks for the advice...I will
think it over.
Randy A. Brown
Plaza Electronics
Athens, TN
On Fri, 23 Aug 2002 07:48:56 -0700 "mark brock" <brock@xxxxxxx> writes:
Your nuts, keep your job, =A0 talk to your boss and tell him how
you
feel.
this business is getting slower by the month. he's no fool he wants
money
and you have to show him there's some money in repairs, tell him you
want
a raise ( thats the real reason isn't it ? ) more money changes
attitudes,
then show him how its justified with the repairs... hat to be the
turd in
the punch bowl but to get setup right will cost a lot and may never pay
off,
however if you do it, 50 miles isn't a bad territory if the population
is
there, where are you at ?? =A0 =A0 sounds like your training and
sparce
repair
shops in your area may get you several asc's but you can't eat on them
alone
either... how old are you ? have you got your own equipment?
it
ain't
cheap and it ain't easy, you'll put up with a lot of different crap
working
on your own,, but its still crap, I'd stick it out and get a raise, let
someone else put up with the headaches... just my two cents,
and
I've done
this on my own for since 1979,,, =A0 have wished several times I
worked for a
company with benifits, paid vacations, etc... =A0 think it over
long
and hard,
brock
Brock Electronics
R.R.4 box 237
5208 cr.3385
Independence Ks. 67301
620-331-0235
fax 331-7191
brock@xxxxxxx
mailto:brock@xxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: randy a brown <randyabrown1@xxxxxxxx>
To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, August 22, 2002 4:26 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] my own business
i work at the only repair shop in my county. it's a sales and service
store and the owner is only interested in sales. the service dept
is only
there for the sales and half our work is given away to his rich friends.
i would like to start an "in home only" tv service business. i would be
the only worker. has anyone tried this? what do you all recommend?
sorry
about being off topic, i can't get answers anywhere else and i'd rather
talk to people who know what they're talking about. thanks. randy brown
brown electronics
(currently i work at plaza electronics, but hopefully soon it will
be
brown electronics)
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