Gary, I think I will draft your letter, and send it to the next "outside the list" guy that bothers me about repair problems. I suggest that everybody on this list does the same. That's if you don't mind. It'a a very good answer. IMHO. LLW LeRoy Westlund Westlund TV & Electronics 97 North Main "Where there's a will,... Centerfield, UT 84622-0087 There's always a way." Ph./Fax 435-528-3822 mailto:LLW@xxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: Gary McCartney To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 10:55 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Guy outside the list is asking for a schematic >I have taken into consideration of everyones opinion and I came up with >an answer for the guy who emailed me wanting a schematic. Below is what >I told him. Also, opinion is that everyone in the group should stop >publically mentioning that they are "sending the schematic" or >"uploading the schematic". This should be done privately only. > > > > >My reply to the guy: > >Hi. > >I am sorry but the messages you found are from a private professional >Technician's email list. The messages are unwillingly searchable on the >internet. I have asked other group members their opinion on sharing >information outside the group and a unaminous answer was NOT to share, >because of the fact that it takes a repair job away from a proffesional >technician who is having a difficult time earning his living as it is, >without helping the general public to make their own repairs, or in many >cases, make the repair even more difficult or even hurt themselves >attemting to do it. The price of consumer electronics at the retail >level is declining at such a rapid pace that many of my fellow group >members may be out of work in the near future. I hope that you can >understand our situation. > >Thanks for inquiring. > > > > > > >Gary McCartney > >McCartney Electronics >Guelph Ontario Canada >Est. 1984 >email: gary (at) number63.ca > > > > > > > > >markbrock wrote: >> >> I'm all for helping a guy out, but don't like the idea that more and more >> home techs are being born because of the information on the Internet,. My >> lawyer friend mentioned that he had a Philips set that the pix kept going >> crazy on him, he did a search on the Internet, and it gave him a past >> history post from one of these repair groups, told what part to change, >> gave him value, even the name and address of tech who posted the solution, >> he got the part from Radio Shack, he fixed his set for less than $5, I >> can see that he'll never need my services again, or if he does it will be a >> dog set, yea, he clears 100K per year and I'm scraping like the rest, not >> near a good of friend as he was. anyone else finding out that more and more >> non-techs are getting in the back of there sets ? maybe I'm just paranoid >> ? or jealous, to answer your question, If he was within a service call of >> my shop I'd be skeptical about training any competition, just my vent for >> the day. >> brock >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 8:57 AM >> Subject: [TechAssist] Guy outside the list is asking for a schematic >> >> > I got an email from a guy outside the list who is asking for a >> > schematic. He said he found me on a Google search and that he works at a >> > non profit computer recycling centre where he also gets stuff like >> > stereo receivers. Is there any problem sharing the schematic with him >> > (copyright comes to mind- anything else?) >> > -- >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Gary McCartney >> > >> > McCartney Electronics >> > Guelph Ontario Canada >> > Est. 1984 >> > email: gary (at) number63.ca >> > >> > >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- >> > Lost Password: >> > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >> > Email Archives: >> > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- >> Lost Password: >> http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >> Email Archives: >> //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > >-- > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- >Lost Password: >http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >Email Archives: >//www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/