"Phil Allison" wrote in message
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Arfa Daily wrote:

I repair quite a few of the CDJ and DJM units, and they are expensive to
buy in the first place, but everyone that owns them loves them to bits.
And
because of this, I've found that they don't bat an eyelid at the cost of
parts or the total repair costs. And the thing is that as you say
yourself,
it might just be a knob, but it's a unique knob that has that right
'feel'
to it, so I suppose in some ways you can expect it to be expensive. The
people that own these things are generally professional DJs, so these
units
are their tools that allow them, in some cases, to earn large amounts of
money, so they expect to pay a premium to get them repaired.


** Crikey !!!

AD must deal with a whole different kind of "DJ" to the ones I come
across.

Words like "tight-arse", "con-artist", "hassler" and "whinger" cover most
of them while the rest are straight out crims or drug dealers.


... Phil


Maybe that's part of the Aussie heritage :-)

However, that said, there are of course DJs like that here, BUT, they are
not proper professionals that make their primary living at it. These are
builders and plumbers and truck drivers that 'do a bit of DJ-ing' on the
side at night for pin money. They often are the buyers of cheapo Maplin DJ
units and the like though, not owners of expensive Pioneer pro units. It's a
bit like if you look at the tools *we* use. My workshop side cutters for
instance, are Lindstroms costing 45 quid a pop. I could easily have a 10
quid pair from eBay, and if I was a hobbyist, I would, but these are for
professional use, and as far as I'm concerned, they are worth every penny,
and I don't begrudge the money spent on them. They help me make my living,
and that's the same with pro owners of Pioneer DJ equipment.

Arfa