[TechAssist] Re: Here's a new one
- From: walter wood <wwood_38478@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 14:00:21 -0700 (PDT)
Great.
I'm so glad we can converse without hurt feelings,
and flared tempers.
As for NY, I'd personally like to visit.
Our choir director goes about twice a year.
He holds a PhD in music and is the local college
professor.
He loves the shows and the food, two things I hold
dear.
As for my wife, Cathy, it would have been 1968.
We wern't married yet, but soon would be.
She was an exchange student, going to London, and
Paris for the summer, while I was at Ft.
Lenordwood, Missouri.
She flew into NY, and had a layover.
Probably not the greatest example, but she was
appaled by the prices, and said everyone she met
was rude.
She loved London England.
She Hated Paris France, and was in bith cities long
enough to get a good feel for it.
I'm a lot more laid back than she is, in fact, more
than most people.
Even around here.
Your example of your mechanic talking you through a
tranny repair on the phone is a little different
than the actual case as, I assume, you don't fix
trannys at all.
The origional scenareo, was two techs talking, even
though the circumstances that brought them together
were strange.
Anyway, I'd love to continue to converse with you
about our different areas of the country, but we
probably should take it off list, UNLESS, some
others would like to engage in peaceful
conversation.
Walter
--- becyn <becyn@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Walt,
> no offense taken. Though I must say we're not all
> bad!
> Now, you as a member of the "Bible belt" should
> be familiar with the
> phrase "do onto others as you would have done to
> you".
>
> Well, I would NEVER have the nerve to expect my
> mechanic to talk me
> through a transmission job on the phone for free!
> So the issue of him "being
> nice" wouldn't come up. I pay as I go... It's a
> matter of being "fair
> minded".
>
> NY is beautiful in the summer. Where did your
> wife go that was such a
> bad experience?
> The decade is important on thet topic as well.
>
> Jim McVey
> McVey Alltronix
> 327 Broadway
> Newburgh N.Y. 12550
>
> "If it doesn't play...
> CALL MCVEY !!!!!!"
> Factory authorized
> service for over 20
> major brands.
> 845 561 8383
> (Last of the Mohegans)
>
> walter wood wrote:
>
> >Jim, I mean NO offence, but I'm in Southern
> Middle
> >Tennessee, 18 miles from the Alabama border.
> >That may explain the difference in our mindset.
> >My wife visited New York once, and doesn't want
> to
> >go back.
> >I've never had the pleasure, but I'm sure I
> could
> >cope.
> >Anyway, I feel that it is best to eer on the
> side
> >of nice, and help others as much as possible.
> >I've found that every good deed comes back
> around,
> >in some form or another.
> >But even if it didn't, I'd have the pleasure of
> >liking the man in the mirror.
> >I've been self employed nearly all of my working
> >life(I'm 59 years old), and so far, have not
> gone
> >broke, nor, have I been to rehab or therapy,
> >although all three are still a possibility.
> >After all, I'm a tech.
> >I guess the somewhat slower pace of life down
> here
> >allows this.
> >Must be something to it, as we have retirees
> from
> >all over the Northern part of our land.
> >And that's OK too.
> >Walter
> >
> >
> >--- becyn <becyn@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>John,
> >>It clear from this post that you're a very nice
> >>guy.
> >>Unfortunately, ya know where you're going to
> >>finish in the $ race if you
> >>keep
> >>it up.
> >>
> >>Maybe it's my nasty NY attitude, but I would be
> >>offended if someone had the
> >>moxey to call me up to talk some half-baked
> tech
> >>through a repair-FOR FREE.
> >>
> >>Last I knew, we are trying to make a living at
> >>this. Running a no-charge
> >>tech line
> >>doesn't sound too profitable to me. If your
> >>advice fixed it, I doubt the
> >>customer
> >>would send you one red cent!
> >>
> >>When I get the "second guessing" call from
> >>customers who already had another
> >>tech give them an estimate, I tell them that I
> >>can't comment on another
> >>person's
> >>pricing, since I'm not sure the underlying
> >>diagnosis is correct. I ask
> >>if they would
> >>like to have us take a look (for a fee of
> >>coarse). Sometimes they do.
> >>
> >>In a case like yours, I'd ask why he didn't
> bring
> >>to me first, since he
> >>so much
> >>confidence in me. If he said I was too far
> away,
> >>I'd tell him tech line
> >>is $ 3.00 a minute.
> >>May I have your credit card # please???
> >>
> >>I bet next think I'd hear would be a dial tone!
>
> >>But hey, it's worth a try!
> >>
> >>Jim McVey
> >>McVey Alltronix
> >>327 Broadway
> >>Newburgh N.Y. 12550
> >>
> >>"If it doesn't play...
> >>CALL MCVEY !!!!!!"
> >>Factory authorized
> >>service for over 20
> >>major brands.
> >>845 561 8383
> >>(Last of the Mohegans)
> >>
> >>John @ Myers TV wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>In the past, we've all received phone calls
> from
> >>>
> >>>
> >>customers wo've found
> >>
> >>
> >>>us though our postings here on TA. Friday, I
> had
> >>>
> >>>
> >>a new twist to it.
> >>
> >>
> >>>A customer called me in reference to a post I
> >>>
> >>>
> >>made on a JVC PTV, a year,
> >>
> >>
> >>>or two ago. He had a technician at his home,
> and
> >>>
> >>>
> >>asked me to speak to
> >>
> >>
> >>>him. I spoke to the tech for 20-30 minutes,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>runing down a voltage
> >>
> >>
> >>>source, and BS'ing.
> >>>We didn't solve anything, but it left me
> >>>
> >>>
> >>wondering how I'd handle it if
> >>
> >>
> >>>a customer put me on the spot like that. I
> think
> >>>
> >>>
> >>I'd probably have told
> >>
> >>
> >>>him to take a hike!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >Walter Wood
> >United TV Service
> >501 Poplar St.
> >P.O. box 602
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Walter Wood
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Pulaski Tn. 38478
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