[TechAssist] Re: Fix it yourself
- From: "Jeff Farnsworth" <jlfonz@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 09:25:20 -0600
Those quick inexpensive telephone diagnoses I found were the types of shops
that got it in then jacked the price. My usual answer to the more snippy
customers that gave me someone elses (they can never remember the name)phone
diagnoses was "You need to take it there because I refuse to live in a
trailer house with my extended family" Can't remember a single one walking
away.
TV Doctor
Avalon, Wi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Bader" <tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 8:14 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fix it yourself
> Bill, I get a version of that all the time.Usually some home owner asks
> a "tech" over the phone about their "big screen" that went out. The
> "tech" is reported to have said "Oh, it's not anything much, just that
> little part that restores the (sound, picture, color,etc).That's all"...
> This gets thrown up in my face. Now, I am supposed to make it "happen"
> like the tech said.he never saw it, tested it, or really gave it serious
> consideration. If I mention it could be anything more than this, I'm
> building up a big unneccessary job to line my pockets.
> Mostly it's the typical RF cable stud that has been forcibly torn
> off."Oh, I have the piece...just stick it back...that's all.."
> (no internal damage, no teardown, chassis removal,tuner
> removal,unsoldering, removing the TVCR deck assy to access this
board,etc).
> I wish these "techs" making their 30 second armchair diagnosis would
> just go read a newspaper .
> Oh well.
> Phil Bader
>
> Philip Bader
> Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976)
> 3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880
> Fax (863) 299-8821
> email: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> William Rayburn wrote:
>
> >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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