[TechAssist] Re: Philips model# 25ps72c part number for tuner
- From: Doug Keller <dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 12:29:33 -0500
"I dont think my enemy is another shop, but cheap imports."
Boy, that could sure win the "Understatement of the Year" award!
Doug Keller
Wis-Kel Electronics
101 Freeland Ave.
Terra Alta, WV
USA 26764
dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.tech-assist.org
"Learn from the mistakes of others, because you
won't live long enough to make them all yourself"
larry wrote:
>i am old also, lol
>but plan on hanging on for a while yet.
>i love this business, and dont want to go home and watch tv,
>the rest of my life.
>lol
>i cry about the 10 of thousands f dollars i have in obsolete
>parts but needed them to be able to repair a set the same day.
>and also the garbage cans after cans of schematics i have
>thrown away, never used.
>i guess we all understand that.
>I guess the insinuation is that there are too many of us, and
>we should not make it easy for small shops to hang on. and
>that the guys that invested the most should be entitled to the
>remains.
>this is not a problem for me, i am the only surviving shop in
>the area.
>my competition is wal-mart selling a new one cheaper than i
>can repair one.
>So if i can keep the cost down, by tips or free schematics, i
>can survive.
>I dont think my enemy is another shop, but cheap imports.
>So i help when I can, but i do get tired of the same old
>questions, that have been answered every week. i suspect some
>must not ever read the list except when they need something.
> and i refuse to help someone fix his own set if he isn't
>making his living repairing tvs.
>just my opinion.
>Larry
>
>lol
>
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>Hoyt's TV wrote:
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>>Maybe Rocky has a large shop in a huge metropolitan service area, so buying
>>one of every service manual ever printed is a viable option for him.
>>
>>I just emptied the contents of two large Philips ring binders, full of VCR
>>manuals from the 80s, to make room for the parts book pages for my 78
>>Chrysler survivor.
>>
>>As I looked at what I was throwing away, I was deeply saddened by the cost
>>of it and the fact that I never used a single one of those VCR manuals. I
>>still have about 20 feet of shelf space filled with more of those manuals
>>from that time, on VCRs, Camcorders, TV's and Magnavox stereos and B&W TVs.
>>Another six feet of Zenith folders. Along with 6 four drawer file cabinets
>>full of Sams folders. A couple trays of Magnavox, Sylvania, Philco, micro
>>fiche. For every foot of Sams folders I can see, on average, one that has
>>been taken out of the file drawer.
>>
>>I no longer subscribe to any of them because I don't make enough money to
>>pay for that stuff anymore. I now buy individual manuals as needed and add
>>the cost to the customer's bill. If the customer wants to keep the manual, I
>>mark it up 50% plus S&H, and sell it to him.
>>
>>I am happy to share what I do have with any other tech who needs it because
>>I know what a loss this stuff is to most of us and the only way we can
>>survive is to help each other.
>>
>>I think most of us realize we are seeing the end times of TV service as a
>>viable independent business. A lot of us are old enough so it fits in
>>reasonably well with our retirement plans although I would have preferred
>>that the business still be strong so I could sell it to help finance my
>>retirement. If we are lucky enough to have it work out right, we will use up
>>all our TV parts at about the same time we have used up all our body parts.
>>
>>I feel bad for the guys who are 20 years younger than myself. When they
>>chose this business it still looked like a decent trade and they will have a
>>half a lifetime left to fill in with some other way of earning a living.
>>
>>Russ Hoyt
>>Hoyt's TV
>>Exeter, NH
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 5:42 PM
>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Philips model# 25ps72c part number for tuner
>>
>>
>>
>>>I'm sorry to butt in Rocky,
>>>but I think your on the wrong "tech-assist" site
>>>because that's what this site is all about "tech-assist"
>>>helping other tech's
>>>I for one and happy to share what information I have with another tech in
>>>need.
>>>I believe Bob feel's the same for he seem's to help most
>>>
>>>Robert
>>>tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>H & H Electronics Inc
>>>Dallas, TX
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: <htegd@xxxxxxx>
>>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 4:29 PM
>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Philips model# 25ps72c part number for tuner
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Bob,
>>>>Why can't these guys spend the money to get these schematics.. Factory
>>>>authorized shops go to great expense to see that we have the literature
>>>>
>>>>
>>to
>>
>>
>>>be
>>>
>>>
>>>>better than the competition. Whe help them so we loose the business.
>>>>
>>>>
>>I'm
>>
>>
>>>sure
>>>
>>>
>>>>that there is a local authorized shop in his area that lost business
>>>>
>>>>
>>>because of
>>>
>>>
>>>>this.
>>>>
>>>>Let them buy their own!
>>>>
>>>>Rocky Montgomery, Pres.
>>>>Hi-Tech Electronics, Inc.
>>>>Lafayette, La.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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