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In article <3ueild$bk8@hustle.rahul.net>,
Steve Portigal  <stevep@rahul.net> wrote:

Hi Steve:

>Has anyone got any recommendations for a place that is reliable, reasonable,
>and that can do the job in a normal amount of time???

I've been using Media Associates, 616 National Ave in Mt. View.
They can be reached at (415) 968-2444.  The Bay Area Consumer's
Checkbook rates them highly and I even got a recommendation or two
from the net before I tried them out.

A couple of months ago I brought in my nine year old VCR that has
over time given up the ghost on rewinding and then ate a key episode
of The X Files and other tapes.  Media associates kept it about a week,
and wound up replacing some pully and belt.  I think it cost about $60
parts and labor.  So far, it's still working great.

I just brought in the "new" VCR (3.5 year old Sony R5UC), that plays fine
but has started making scraping/clicking sounds when it plays/records a
tape (it's not just the reels scraping the cassette) and every now and
then unilaterally decides to eject a tape I just put in.  Media looked at
and said the capstan motor was going bad, and parts and labor comes out
to about $170.  That hurts a lot more, but they content that Sony parts
tend to be more expensive.

I brought the VCR in last Wednesday, and it looks like by this Friday
(had to order the part) it will be done.  If so, then that will be
about 10 days to get it fixed.  Fortunately, in both cases, I had
another VCR to use...

Anyway, I'd give them a shot.

Good luck,

Jeff
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Jeff Schmidt          Silicon Graphics, Inc.
(415) 390-1217        2011 N. Shoreline Blvd., PO Box 7311
jas@sgi.com           Mountain View, CA  94039-7311