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Re: The astronomical (relitvely) cost of repairs

Posted by Karma16 (A) on April 21, 2007 at 07:52:57

In Reply to: The astronomical (relitvely) cost of repairs posted by ThomDP on April 20, 2007 at 07:01:56:

HI All,
May I express thanks to all you who support the repair shop estimate. And also for your understanding of what it takes to keep a repair shop running. Thom clearly does not have a clue and, I suspect, does not care.

I have run and owned two one man high end repair shops over the years. I closed the last one about 4 years ago and went back to my suspended electronics career in industry. I was tired of being broke. I charged $60 per hour and I had plenty of business (and regular customers). If I could have really charged $60 and hour for all the hours of the working day I would have done well. But you can't. The overhead of doing business including shop rent, insurance, utilities, bookeeping, sorting parts, washing the floor, keeping the computer running, chasing delinquent bills, etc., etc., keeps your chargable hours down and income down. Trying to make peace with people like Thom just wore me out.

Based on Thom's rather incoherent description of the problem I'd say the estimate is realistic. If he really means "power supply" then this description of the problem makes no sense because the job of a power supply is to put out DC.

If he means DC at the amps output then the estimate sounds good but it could go higher depending on the extent of the damage. You can only make an informed guess until you do some detailed troubleshooting.

Attitudes like Thom's is what drove me out of the business. Thank God there are many realistic, less greedy, appreciative customers out there. They were the ones that made going to work in the morning easy. But Thom's attitude is closer to the norm.

I can ssure you, Thom, that as repair shop owner I am not in the slightest bit concerned about saving your ass from a bad luck purchase. It's your loss and I'm not about to make it mine.

Sparky

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