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Originally Posted by thermionic
I had a repair shop in the mid eighties, and I thank my lucky stars that after about five years of trading, I saw the future and decided to get out, whilst I was still in my late 20’s.
It was becoming, even then, more difficult to get service info and certain specific parts for a lot of gear, unless you were a ‘dealer’.
As a one man band, you had to be prepared to tackle almost anything that came through the door.
Whilst I enjoyed the faultfinding and the general process of the business, it was becoming obvious that things weren’t going to get any better....
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This is more or less my story. By the mid 90's I quit. After that I have some times been given defective sets that I have repaired and sold, more or less for "fun". The last set I sold was last year. It was a 42" LCD that polish guy picked up for 30£ after being advetised for a while.
I still work with repairs, but now on equipment that costs 2+ millions £. Even on this equipment the customers think the repairs (and maintenance) is expensive. (We charge less than the car garages for our services.)