"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:
Think you're a bit out of date as regards earning a living, Keith. ;-)


Don't talk so stupid, Plowie - I had 50 employees in two firms and
probably know a little bit more about paying staff than you do.

'Had' being the operative word.


'Operative' how? I'm retired Plowie - have been for 9 years now, I don't
need staff. (If you'd worked a little harder in your youth maybe you could
be retired also...)



Add to that I get charged for stuff like 'bike servicing and that Swim
is in full time employ, so I'm not quite so out of touch as you'd like
to think....

So pray tell what you feel a reasonable charge would be for this repair -


Anything over 20 quid *absolute max* would be a waste of money - I pointed
to a number of eBay auctions where VCRs were sitting at 99p + a bit of
postage...

**Yeah, right. Like one of my clients, who wanted a new tellie. I discussed
the situation at length and, due his TV room being large and with floor to
ceiling North facing windows, I suggested a large plasma would be a good
choice. He, being budget minded (dunno why, what with his 5 million Dollar
house, Merc SL500 and all) he decided to buy a used projector. I advised
against the projector, due to the high cost of replacement lamps and the
high ambient light levels. Anyhoo, the whole thing went pear-shaped.
Naturally, the TV cannot be watched during daylight (even with the fancy new
screen). But wait, worse was to come. The projector ceased functioning a few
weeks later. I called in, climbed the ladder, retrieved the projector and
deduced that the lamp had gone belly-up. My client protested that the lamp
only had a couple of hundred hours on it (according to the timer in the
unit). I fitted a new lamp and noted that the reset for the lamp hours was a
manual operation.......

Sheesh.

Trevor Wilson