[TechAssist] Re: Fix it yourself
- From: Ed Gaidies <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 08:51:15 -0500
That's my sentiments...Leonard.
Those that can....DO...those that can't...TEACH.
-Ed-
Ed Gaidies
Tel-Tek Electronics
Ontario-Canada
teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
teltek@xxxxxxxxx
> From: Leonard Caillouet <lcaillo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 07:39:24 -0500
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fix it yourself
>
> He won't be getting many useful tips from this list the way it has been
> going lately unless he is filtering a lot of the threads.
>
> So while you guys are bitching and moaning, this guy is making a buck. What
> is wrong with that? If people can fix things themselves, let them. If they
> need us then they will use us. I do nearly all of my own auto work and home
> repairs. When I need a pro I call them in. I just had a long chat with the
> best Toyota tech in town about doing some work on my Corolla. He gave me
> lots of info about things that I do myself. He is a client of mine and
> knows that when it comes to changing the timing belt, water pump, and seals,
> he will get my business. The other stuff I do myself.
>
> We live in a free market economy. People make money providing things that
> people need and want. If people don't need or want your service, you need
> to change the way you do things or get into another business. I give people
> lots of free advice over the phone, but I don't coach them on how to fix
> things. If they botch it and bring it to us, we charge them appropriately
> for our time and skills. We project a helpful, competent, and professional
> image and people come back and refer us to their friends. It is a business.
> Sometimes it is hard. Tough shit if people fix a few easy ones themselves.
> Most people will not.
>
> The Eagles said it pretty well..."I'd like to find you inner child and kick
> its little ass. Get over it, get over it..."
>
> Leonard Caillouet
> Electronics World
> 1261 NW 76 Blvd
> Gainesville, FL 32606
> 352-332-5608
> FAX 352-332-5668
>
>
> ---- Original Message -----
> From: <damon101@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 8:18 AM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fix it yourself
>
>
> Yeah now I know how big Oil feels when some smart inventor comes up with
> alternative fuels that work, and the Big 3 Automakers find their customers
> buying Jap Trucks.......
>
> Boy if only we had a Turtle head we could send him in the mail.....something
> stenchy. We can't stop him, but that boy oughta pay some dues for sitting on
> his Fat Ass and selling out his fellow technicians like that......Hell I
> don't care if his Fat Ass is standing......Just that he's a Fat Ass (he's
> probably skinny as a rail).
> BTW that 300 lb gorilla line he uses.....aren't gorillas' normal weight
> range 700 - 800 pounds? If so, is he just stupid.....or is HE 300 lbs??
> Well then.....that makes him a Fat Ass!! Stupid or Fat Ass. Not Charming,
> not intelligent....not witty (cmon....Girllilla?)........Probably a Michael
> Moore look-alike with Ho Ho's stuffed in his Fat-Fat-Fatty-Fat-Assed
> mouth.......
>
> OooooKayyyyyy I'm Done here....sheesh!! I guess I just verbalize what we're
> all thinking in the back of our minds.......and what will happen to his
> business when all these Hi Def TVs become the only TVs to service. Hmmm?
>
> Damon Brunger
> Telrad Electronics
> Fort Wayne IN
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Electric Medic" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 12:23 AM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fix it yourself
>
>
>> I wouldn't give this Website to anyone. He is giving out all the easy
> fixes,
>> Sony Sound Modules, and things like that. He is even putting together
> repair
>> kits and selling them worldwide. I bet he is here on Tech Assist getting
>> fixes from us and then putting the fixit parts in a bag and selling them.
>> Man, I wish I had thought of that.
>>
>> Perry Bower
>> Electric Medic
>> "It's Cheaper to Keep Her"
>> http://www.electricmedic.com
>> 3850 Washington Road Suite 4C
>> Martinez, Georgia 30907
>> Phone: 706-8MEDIC4 (863-3424)
>> Phone: 706-863-3474
>> Fax: 706-863-2316
>> mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ed Gaidies
>> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 10:09 PM
>> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fix it yourself
>>
>>
>> Al;
>> Just checked it out...I'm surprised so much is free
>> Actually same thing I supply over the phone...an hour each day...
>>
>> Good website to pass on..since most of us don't get paid for phone time.
>>
>>
>>
>> -Ed-
>>
>>
>> Ed Gaidies
>> Tel-Tek Electronics
>> Est-1969
>> Ontario/Canada
>>
>> teltek@xxxxxxxxxx
>>
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>>> From: Al Gutz <alg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Reply-To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 22:08:42 -0500
>>> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fix it yourself
>>>
>>> Back in those days the cornor gas stations were set up by a franchise
>>> company with a tube tester and a supply of tubes. Cust went and checked
>>> tubes, replaced many that need not have been replaced and bought a new
>>> fuse. Those days both TV and cars used 3AG types but gas station sold 30
>>> amp for use in cars. Cust took stuff home and put in 30 amp, forgetting
>>> the week before he had replaced the fuse in the basement with a 30 amp.
>>> Set had a short! Set caught fire! Set beside window with curtains!!
>>>
>>> This was one reason thatlead to the auto shutdown circuits in sets
> to-day.
>>>
>>> Al G
>>> Al's TV-Electronics
>>> Pembroke Ont.
>>> Canada
>>>
>>> Hoyt's TV wrote:
>>>> Back in the 50s the local magazine store sold DIY tv repair books.
>>>> They were pretty good for amusement purposes and I think they did us
> more
>>>> good than harm.
>>>>
>>>> Russ Hoyt
>>>> Hoyt's TV
>>>> Exeter, NH
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "William Rayburn" <premtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 5:57 PM
>>>> Subject: [TechAssist] Fix it yourself
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Someone posted something the other day, I think it was Phil Bader,
>>>>> discussing a board where someone was giving advice on fixing the set
>>>>> yourself. Today in a random search for information on a Toshiba I'm
>>>>> working on I saw this post on a board... http://www.fixyourowntv.com/
>> This
>>>>> guy has made a business of telling the layman how to fix their own
> set.
>> I
>>>>> pity the poor technician that has to work on something after the
> average
>>>>> joe has been in there twisting an wrenching around, making the
> original
>>>>> problem that much more difficult to solve and that much more expensive
>>>>> too.
>>>>> Bill
>>>>>
>>>>> William H. Rayburn, CET
>>>>> NESDA Member
>>>>> Premium Technologies
>>>>> PO Box 442
>>>>> Long Beach, Wa. 98631
>>>>> (360) 642-4993
>>>>> email: premtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>
>>>>>
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