Well I certainly did not charge the customer for the added time - it was a
warranty repair.
I also learned from the experience so, to some extent, it was worth the time
spent.
I WISH I could get people to pay me $135 per hour for this relatively rare
level of repair expertise.
73
Gary
> On Sep 6, 2018, at 10:46 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX <rmcgraw@blomand.net> wrote:
>
> Gary:
>
> I most likely can't count or recall the times I have asked the question; "why
> do you think the radio needs alignment?" If a component has been replaced,
> well then......... maybe. Just to "do it" to be "doing it" is an invitation
> to introduce an issue or issues which did not originally exist. Bad idea
> from the start.
>
> I commend you for your good trouble shooting on your part. Hope your
> customer was very understanding. And with your time and effort, at normal
> billing rates, the radio was, frankly, not likely worth repairing. Now for
> those of you that may not agree, if billing rate is $135/hour and at 8 hrs,
> that's $1080 plus shipping. Nah, the radio working is great OK, but not
> working, nah, not worth it. Repairing old radios must be done solely for
> the "LOVE" of the radio, not from a practical or business point of view.
> That's one of the reasons I no longer repair radios. As my friend TIM says:
> "Time Is Money".
>
> Glad there is still someone that can and is able to repair these older
> radios. With the prices of new radios falling and the ones being introduced
> into the market, any form of repair is largely out of the realistic realm of
> practicality . Sad, but I think we'll see more and more of this.
>
> 73
>
> Bob, K4TAX
>
>
>
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