[Jukebox-list] Cheap juke buyers (Was: trade-in for a 200 select?)

[Wesley Dean]

    Lanway, we have empathy with your situation. We have been exposed to 
these 'people' for over thirty years. We found the only solution was to 
charge exorbitant prices for our work. Of course in this situation, we have 
to do excellent work. We found that this policy will weed out the 
cheapskates. The truly reasonable persons will understand the motive and do 
not object to the prices. We found that the more you charge, the more of the 
right kind you will get.  Wes
----- Original Message ----- >
> That's why I no longer repair jukes.... why is it a "customer" will insist
> on believing some jerk that just suckered them out of hundreds of dollars,
> and not someone in the business?  "The seller told me it just needed
> adjusting, why are you trying to cheat me?"  I basically got to where I
> would tell them they had to bring the juke to my shop. After that I'd get
> phone call after phone call, begging, whining, pleading. Then cussing. Odd
> thing is, out of the dozens of used jukes I bought and sold in the short
> time I had an actual store, only two ever required a service call after
> delivery, both because they owners ignored my basic instructions.
>
> The jukebox hobby is destined to die out, because they're too big, too
> complex, and require maintenance every few years. The average person 
> doesn't
> have the patience or skills,( and are too cheap to have it done) and the
> younger kids don't even know what a jukebox is.
>
> In the end, there will only be a few collectors with pristine restored 
> jukes
> in a museum like setting. That's okay though, I'll be in the ground by 
> then
> and won't care....
>
> Lanway
>
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