N_Cook wrote:
For newcomers I always charge an upfront "exploration fee" of 8GBP/15USD to
15GBP/30USD, mainly dependent on size, and get back to them by phone or
email with some sort of quote for repair, if its a diagnostic repair rather
than replacing a mains switch type repair. I can never give a quote ,
unseen, inside the kit.

Didn't ASDA have DVD players around Christmas for 10 quid? At that price,
you are not going to see many in for an 8 quid estimate.

With prices like that, people are just going to buy a cheap new one instead
of paying you to fix their old one, no matter how much better it was.

Geoff.

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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM