[TechAssist] Re: Fix it yourself
- From: "William Rayburn" <premtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:26:44 -0800
Phil, I did that just last night. A combo zenith came-in up at our local video
rental.
They take-in equipment for repair, for me, from time to time. A tape had
gotten stuck on
eject and the customer wanted to know how much.
As a favor to Pro-Video I charge $25.00 to remove the tape and estimate the
repair. As it
turns out I removed the back there in the store and found that the carriage had
simply
jumped the track, but none of the gears were broken. Customer apparently
thought that was
too much and took the TV back to try the butter knife extraction method,
breaking the center
prism, a plastic rail and mangling the carriage.
Last night here's the same TV with the tape still in it and instructions to
remove the tape
and estimate. I merely took a screw driver, lifted the carriage back into
position and
manually backed-out the tape rotating the load motor. I left a note not
repairable and a
bill for my estimate. He'll get another from Pro-Video when he learns that the
butter knife
method also broke the cassette case.
Bill
William H. Rayburn, CET
NESDA Member
Premium Technologies
PO Box 442
Long Beach, Wa. 98631
(360) 642-4993
email: premtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Bader" <tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 6:14 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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