"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message
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Every business on the planet depends on the same thing for its
success - getting the supply and demand equation right. Should be
simple enough but, unfortunately, there's a lot can go wrong and many
more businesses fail than succeed. Offhand, I'd say the demand for
repair work is on the decline (for any number of reasons) and anybody
that had been looking to make a living from it should be thinking of
supplementing his income with other work....


Agreed. Here in ScandiLand we recycle almost everything. One often
sees five year old TVs, VCRs and CD players in the skips.


In the skips as in 'thrown out' or 'for recycle' - here (UK) a skip is
on its way to the landfill and those goods are 'not allowed' in
skips...???



One good area seems to be guitar amp servicing and repair. I
share a workshop with two guys who do this, and are up to their
necks in work. Jobs range from new valves and re-bias and
cap changes to full rebuilds.


Some stuff lends itself to repair, some doesn't - for instance, I bet
no-one here has his socks darned any more and precious few will be
wearing shoes that are repairable. But the 'repair vs. replace' debate
is an interesting one - not everything should be repaired and certainly
not by untrained or even 'unlicenced' personnel....