On 20/02/2015 7:09 PM, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 19/02/15 20:25, Gareth Magennis wrote:
I'm sick of this ****.


Someone brings me a Pioneer mixer or CDJ to repair, and I need to order
spares.

Get this. A KNOB costs £15.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pioneer-DJ...em258036 6f8f


How do they get away with this?

I have just placed an order for some DJM and CDJ Pioneer spares with a
company I used to work for, and THEY quoted me £57.24 for 4 of the above
knobs, so this really is the real price.
The switches and pots I need cost more than this.



Seethe, seethe.




I've looked at 3D printers as an alternative, but from the few samples
I've
seen, the plastic is rock hard and not suitable for a comfy knob, and I
don't think its possible to produce a grey knob with a white line pointer
anyway.
The Pioneer ones I want are squidgy.




Gareth.


Upset.

Oh, it's not just electronic stuff:
http://www.espares.co.uk/product/es1...facturerId=254


And you thought the Pioneer knob was expensive! A dozen years ago it
cost me over £70 to replace the 6 knobs on a Stoves unit (all the
markings had worn off, and a couple were loose).


**It gets worse. I was working for a repair shop a few years back and we
had to service a commercial microwave oven. The bearing for the stirrer
had failed and we had to replace the stirrer and bearing as an assembly
(along with the magnetron). The bearing was some kind of nylon material
and the stirrer was, as usual, a light piece of bent aluminium. My
estimated cost was about 5 Bucks (given the estimated manufactured cost
would have been about $0.20). Actual cost of the stirrer was $140.00!
All because it was a commercial MO.

--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

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