Saturday, Oct 20, 2012 at 13:21
I used to repair on average 50 - 60 televisions a week and yes I didn't always have a particular integrated circuit or obscure part, but I always carried a good "common all garden" (And still do) stock of resistors, capacitors, diodes, zener diodes to carry out a good and effective repair whenever possible.
If you sell cars and trucks, then at least carry a stock of "common all garden" every day replaceable items, ie. common clips, filters and lubricants.
As for white goods, I've fixed more than my fair share of those too!
And yes, we get ripped off on the price of parts for white goods, because we live in an age where everybody accepts what we're told!....Stories like, "Sorry sir, that part is no longer available".
Maybe in the case of my Nissan...."You have to replace the whole vehicle to get to the clip, it's simply not economical sir!"
I'm sure as hell not going fall out with someone on a
forum over the subject of a damned clip/clips!!
I'll drive a further 20kms to another Nissan dealership, who aren't advertising the sale of a common rail diesel filter on FleaBay cheaper than their quote over the phone!
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