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Article #5273Re: Advice on Television Repair in SF Requested
From: Jim Wissick
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 00:00
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Right on brother!! It's never worth your money to repair anything electronic that is over 6 or 7 years old. Get an estimate... if the cost is 50% of the cost of a new TV, get the new one... On 4 Aug 1998 18:35:11 GMT, marvin_d_c@hotmail.com wrote: >you asked for opinions, so here's mine.... > >Repairing consumer TVs and VCRs is almost always a waste of your time >and money. Even IF you can find a reliable repair shop, the cost of most >repairs will be a significant portion of the cost of a new unit. >Besides, once you've repaired your 11-year old TV, it will still be 11 >years old; something else could go wrong with it the next day. Besides >that, there have been technical improvements during that time, so why >not take advantage of them? -------------------------------------------------- President of the Bay Area A.R.S.C.C. To reply to this message, remove SPAMBLOCK from the email address. http://home.pacbell.net/jwissick/jwissick.txt for my public PGP key.
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