Re: Robber Baron craps out...


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In article <EsudnQcOis1kLq3aRVnygQA@xxxxxxxxx>,
Keith G <keith_g@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Think you're a bit out of date as regards earning a living,
Keith. ;-)


Don't talk so stupid, Plowie - I had 50 employees in two firms
and
probably know a little bit more about paying staff than you do.

'Had' being the operative word.


'Operative' how? I'm retired Plowie - have been for 9 years now, I
don't need staff. (If you'd worked a little harder in your youth
maybe you could be retired also...)



Add to that I get charged for stuff like 'bike servicing and
that Swim
is in full time employ, so I'm not quite so out of touch as
you'd like
to think....

So pray tell what you feel a reasonable charge would be for this
repair -


Anything over 20 quid *absolute max* would be a waste of money - I
pointed to a number of eBay auctions where VCRs were sitting at
99p + a bit of postage...

**Yeah, right. Like one of my clients, who wanted a new tellie. I
discussed the situation at length and, due his TV room being large
and with floor to ceiling North facing windows, I suggested a large
plasma would be a good choice. He, being budget minded (dunno why,
what with his 5 million Dollar house, Merc SL500 and all) he
decided to buy a used projector. I advised against the projector,
due to the high cost of replacement lamps and the high ambient
light levels. Anyhoo, the whole thing went pear-shaped. Naturally,
the TV cannot be watched during daylight (even with the fancy new
screen). But wait, worse was to come. The projector ceased
functioning a few weeks later. I called in, climbed the ladder,
retrieved the projector and deduced that the lamp had gone
belly-up. My client protested that the lamp only had a couple of
hundred hours on it (according to the timer in the unit). I fitted
a new lamp and noted that the reset for the lamp hours was a manual
operation.......

Sheesh.


Not sure how any of that relates to a 99p VCR - at that price you
could probably afford to go through a couple or three of them to get
one that works well enough....

**99p PLUS freight. It all adds up to a compete waste of money, if
the things don't work. I've noticed that a favourite scam appears to
be loading the freight costs, such that serious profits are made in
that area.


Anyone with half a brain adds the cost of the item and shipping costs
to get a total and makes a decision - plenty of small things are on a
99p 'Buy It Now' with 9.99 postage....


I should add it scams eBay (apparently) - not the buyer...



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