[TechAssist] Re: Here's a new one
- From: "J Silverman" <greentron@xxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:20:53 -0400
Thats Florida fur yah!
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From: Phil Bader <tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 4:02 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Here's a new one
> It's "do unto others, and RUN LIKE HECK!"
>
> Philip Bader
> Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976)
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>
> becyn 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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> >>United TV Service
> >>501 Poplar St.
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