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September 12th 05, 02:02 AM
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Tony Meloche wrote: craigm wrote: wrote: Yes I agree Telamon. A good service bureau is an expensive proposition. The ones I am familiar with (industrial based) barely break even after salaries are paid. The important thing here is that somebody is getting paid a salary. I would think the consumer market is even worse. I suppose that is why so many mom & pop tv radio shops are gone now. It's a shame. 73 Bob N9NEO If there were a demand for the mom and pop repair shops they would still be around. However radios and TVs no longer need to have tubes replaced on a regular basis. Without that business there is little for them to do. Combine that with generally decreasing prices for electronic products and it becomes advantagous for folks to replace rather than repair. craigm I agree. When I was knee-high (mid fifties) TV repair shops were swamped with work, and many "8 to 4:30" guys studied nights to learn TV repair, and made it into a lucrative sideline. The original TV chassis (save the Muntz, for one) had around 32 tubes on the board besides the CRT. They were in the shop three, sometimes four times a year as a matter of course, as they slowly cooked themselves to death. People accepted it as part of the miracle of "pictures through the air". Madman Muntz designed a 17 tube chassis (some double duty some cut corners) and they were very reliable sets - maybe into the shop once or twice a year (we had one for years). Craig M is right - Assuming they pass the "infant mortality" stage, todays electronics last about exactly as long as it takes for people to *want* a new one - for better features or whatever reason. Tony Back then TV sets were very expensive and not particularly reliable. Tubes went out, tuners needed cleaning and the early color sets seemed to need frequent realigning. A TV nice TV set with far more features than the sets of the 1950's costs a lot less and is highly reliable. When a new CRT set finally does die the replacement cost is usually equal to the price of a new one. Does anyone know if there are repair shops for the still pricey plasma and lcd sets? |
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