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RE: repair prices - my two cents plain

indiemo, hi. A low per hour service fee would be $50. $75 would be in the middling range and over $90 would be getting into high dollar territory. Sometime ask what a factory authorized service center charges per hour. Take into account such things as "priority service fees" which usually start at $75 and insure that your piece will go to the front part of the line. I waited 9 months once for something to be serviced that I didn't want to mess with (logic circuits & switch mode power supplies) until I figured out they were basically holding it for ransom. I realized it would wait until hell froze over before receiving attention unless I paid the fee. I wound up paying it just to get the horror over. I mention this just for the record. It isn't good practice and should be condemed. That it happens at all is a blot on all electronics techs.
I always provide a written acount of what I did & list the parts replaced and what ever was done. I think it appropriate to offer to return replaced parts by the way. The automotive industry does this routinely. It promotes honesty in service. Some people don't want the old parts, but at least one can offer to provide them. Nothing chaps my posterior more than hearing a story about some tech somewhere who operates like a s.o.b. pirate - robbing people instead of providing service at reasonable fee. I believe a tech deserves to be paid in the same way one would pay a physician or an attorney or auto mechanic, but lets leave the piracy out of the equation - please. Sorry, I'll get off my soapbox now.


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