Re: Is recession good for commercial electronic repair ?

"Arfa Daily" <arfa.daily@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:ShxNj.4786$DQ3.3407
@newsfe1-win.ntli.net:

So explain to me again how that is a better
deal for them ...

When I had my repair shop I found that 'if the repair cost less than 1/3
the cost of a new unit, they usually fixed it'.

On the other hand, if they could buy a new one for less than 3 times the
repair cost, I was going to end up owning a repaired set, even if they said
'go ahead and fix it'.

I doubt that people have changed much since I closed my shop.

Note: often to 'estimate' the costs of the repair, it was necessary to fix
the danged set, and then 'unfix it' if they declined the repair but wanted
to pick up the broken set.
That was ONE of several reasons I closed my shop in the early 70's.



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