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

[Steve Wahl]

Hi.  My name is Steve, and I'm a Cheap juke buyer.  :-)

On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 09:08:30AM, Ron Rich wrote:
> 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?"

You'd think a reply of "If he knew so much, why didn't he just adjust
it for you then?" would take care of that problem.  But I guess common
sense is more and more of an oxymoron as time goes on.

On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 08:20:30PM +0100, Nigel Pugh wrote:
> What gets me is folk will happily pay someone £100 to turn up and repair a
> £150 washing machine, but some 30 year old jukebox, that is specialist stuff
> with very few people that have the knowledge - and they winge like mad !

That hit me where it hurts, sort of.  Just this past weekend, our
newfangled Whirlpool Calypso washing machine started giving us some
error codes (trouble draining) on its display. Trying not to put a
long, off-topic story here, we found out about the calypso's
reputation (google whirlpool calypso lawsuit if you want more info)
after it was too late to return it.  We've decided we're not going to
spend one dime on a service call for this thing, applying the money
instead toward its replacement, which will be of the long-time
standard topload design -- simple and just works are the theme.  I got
the water out, took it apart a bit, really couldn't find anything
wrong, put it back together and it seems to be working for now.

Is "winge" the UK equivalent of whine?  Anyway, I whine about the
washing machine repair man also... :-)

I do my juke repairs myself; that's why I bought them, mechanical
curiosity.  Some parts I may have delayed purchasing, to find a better
deal or accumulate the funds, but I don't believe I've ever actually
complained about the price, beyond saying "too rich for my blood, no
thanks." 

Just my $0.02, I guess.

--> Steve

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