"borosteve" wrote in message
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On 10 Nov, 13:07, "Keith G" wrote:



(Hint also: My rates these days are £1,000/hour but it's been a long
time since I got any paid work....!! ;-)

Dear Keith,

Don't tar all dealers with the same brush.


I don't, but believe me, it's impossible to find one round here who
isn't like it. Motorcycle dealers are even worse - I am of the
understanding that many of them will happily (probably not) sell a new
'bike at little or no real profit because they make their money in the
workshops on the servicing &c.!! (Different with secondhand 'bikes -
they make plenty on those!!)


If this guy had come to me
I would have said exactly as you have said that it aint probably worth
fixing. Besides that our video engineer retired through lack of work
four years ago and our audio service agent has so little to do he only
works part-time 3 days aweek!


Yes. That's the whole point - it was all about feeding the spider in the
loft....

(Consumer) electronics repairmen and quill sharpeners are in the same
bote these days - I don't like it any more than they do, but that's how
it is!