[TechAssist] Re: Fix it yourself

  • From: Tel-Tek Electronics <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 10:35:20 -0500

Not hurting me...just get more units with less screws...;-)

-Ed-
Ed Gaidies
Tel-Tek Electronics
Ontario-Canada

teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
teltek@xxxxxxxxx

Al L wrote:
> Paul helps us,this guy hurts us.
> 
> Al Leatherman
> 224 RT. 46
> Mine Hill, NJ 07803
> 973-361-5796
> WWW.ALS-TV.NET
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ed Gaidies" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 8:34 AM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fix it yourself
> 
> 
> 
>>Guys...
>>I'll catch hell for this..but turn the coin over.
>>Maybe he has paid his "dues"....and found a way to turn this business into 
>>a
>>revenue rich operation to get him through retirement.
>>
>>We all "bitch" about why we remain in this business....an why we ever
>>decided to get where we are today.  It's not "selling out"  It's called
>>"entrepreneurs".
>>
>>Case in point...Look at Paul from Serviceware....he was a Technician
>>first....decided to package what he knew...knew how to stay on top of the
>>Industry, with "tip submissions" by Techs that were on the Front Line.
>>
>>I don't believe he rivals Bill Gates...but all the power to him.
>>
>>
>>-Ed-
>>Ed Gaidies
>>Tel-Tek Electronics
>>Ontario-Canada
>>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>teltek@xxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: <damon101@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Reply-To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 08:18:22 -0500
>>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>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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