welli guess you buy cheap you get cheap.Good work and cheap prices don't generally go together.
welli guess you buy cheap you get cheap.Good work and cheap prices don't generally go together.
Can only get a hold of him on face book HmmmmmmmmIsn't Fine Tune CB shop the shop with no permanent
mailing address?
Thank you very much for all the suggestions.
Did he ever get a business license from the City of Las Cruces, or has he moved on from there?Can only get a hold of him on face book Hmmmmmmmm
Unfortunately, the prices some of these guys charge to do repairs can't pay the bills for most people, and they certainly don't pay for the proper equipment. I honestly wouldn't trust someone to do a good job at less than $80 for a repair. Any repair.
Keep in mind, I don't care what repair it is, I can plan on every repair taking at least an hour. Even if it just entails me opening the thing up and spraying some deoxit in the pots. It takes five to ten minutes talking to the customer for them to explain the problem, another several minutes taping up the faceplate of the radio and connecting it to the test equipment, another several minutes doing a proper once over, several minutes spraying deoxit in the pots and twisting them back and forth to work the dirt out, ten to twenty minutes to wait for it to dry, which still takes up time on my bench, and another several minutes to test that the deoxit fixed the problem and put the radio back together, then another five to ten disconnecting the radio, handing it back to the customer, and taking their money. That is an hour.
I started to factor out overhead to explain things better, but suffice it to say, just the repair part of my business costs me about $5K a month. That alone requires me to make $23/hr, 40 hours a week, and that's before I make a penny. If it weren't that I have other sides of my business other than just repairs, I wouldn't be in business.
Now, before anyone gets the impression that I do radio repairs for my business, I have not done them for about 15 years now. It just never quite paid the bills. I do repairs of televisions, stereos, and amplifier equipment for musicians. Most of what I do is warranty work, or I would likely not be repairing anything.
Given how often I turn down radio repairs though, there is a big demand for it. Anyone that can get someone to do it cheap by someone that knows what they are doing better get it done now, because it isn't going to take much longer before the few that are left out there realize that they can get much more than they are currently getting, and the prices go up.
Most of the time though, if you find a really cheap repairman for electronics, you are paying someone to destroy your equipment.
i jump off my chair and pump my fist everytime i recap one of my radios.All this talk about wait times, high prices, or wondering if some guy is keeping your radio if and when he goes out of business etc, those are truly worrisome aggravations. Unfortunately, that’s the price you pay for not at least trying to learn basic repair. Like so many things worth doing, early endeavors often fail. That’s a huge part of the learning process, but when you do succeed, the pride of self reliance soon nullifies all the negatives. Remember, the next time you fix something yourself, precede it with a few strong fist pumps while hollering out, YES! It will make you feel a lot better...Put the antacids away.
Why is it that so many people say" Maybe You're just better off buying a new radio."? Show me a new base station radio that has the features of a Robyn SB-520D For the money paid. ($150) You can't! The only one that comes close is the Galaxy DX2547 and you are not going to find a used one for much less than $300. Besides,I like to recycle old stuff anyways!Might be better off just buying a new radio
Why is it that so many people say" Maybe You're just better off buying a new radio."? Show me a new base station radio that has the features of a Robyn SB-520D For the money paid. ($150) You can't! The only one that comes close is the Galaxy DX2547 and you are not going to find a used one for much less than $300. Besides,I like to recycle old stuff anyways!
Unfortunately, the prices some of these guys charge to do repairs can't pay the bills for most people, and they certainly don't pay for the proper equipment. I honestly wouldn't trust someone to do a good job at less than $80 for a repair. Any repair.
Keep in mind, I don't care what repair it is, I can plan on every repair taking at least an hour. Even if it just entails me opening the thing up and spraying some deoxit in the pots. It takes five to ten minutes talking to the customer for them to explain the problem, another several minutes taping up the faceplate of the radio and connecting it to the test equipment, another several minutes doing a proper once over, several minutes spraying deoxit in the pots and twisting them back and forth to work the dirt out, ten to twenty minutes to wait for it to dry, which still takes up time on my bench, and another several minutes to test that the deoxit fixed the problem and put the radio back together, then another five to ten disconnecting the radio, handing it back to the customer, and taking their money. That is an hour.
I started to factor out overhead to explain things better, but suffice it to say, just the repair part of my business costs me about $5K a month. That alone requires me to make $23/hr, 40 hours a week, and that's before I make a penny. If it weren't that I have other sides of my business other than just repairs, I wouldn't be in business.
Now, before anyone gets the impression that I do radio repairs for my business, I have not done them for about 15 years now. It just never quite paid the bills. I do repairs of televisions, stereos, and amplifier equipment for musicians. Most of what I do is warranty work, or I would likely not be repairing anything.
Given how often I turn down radio repairs though, there is a big demand for it. Anyone that can get someone to do it cheap by someone that knows what they are doing better get it done now, because it isn't going to take much longer before the few that are left out there realize that they can get much more than they are currently getting, and the prices go up.
Most of the time though, if you find a really cheap repairman for electronics, you are paying someone to destroy your equipment.
I bet that if you calculate all the actual time you do spend due to a customer's repair, and collecting the money, it ends up being closer to an hour than you think to do a 5 minute repair.i charge a 1 hour minimal charge. i dot care if it takes me 5 minutes sign is posted on my shops door. if you dont want to pay the minimal charge take your radio elsewhere