bit_slicer
New member
Just had a good email from a customer regarding repairs and gave a response I thought would be good for discussion. Things to keep in mind for this hobby!!! 
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I'd be happy to work on the CC board. There is one thing to keep in mind about these old circuit boards. Back in the day companies like Atari manufactured these boards to last about 3-5 years. Back then that was more than enough time for an operator to regain his investment many times over. So today these boards have already lasted 5-10 times longer than expected. Unfortunately for us IC failures are statistically much more common now at the end-of-life part of the cycle. i.e. Every time someone flips the power switch on a game they are rolling the dice that something might go wrong. That's the reality the hobby lives with.
Another thing to keep in mind is that most peoples repair prices are for a one-time repair. Which means that I could get it working here on the bench, send it back to you, you plug it in and something else fails. Now I do offer a couple of comprehensive warranties, but they are very expensive, because these boards are at their end-of-life.
Something must've gone wrong if you got the board back non-working. I would be happy to fix the CC for you, but one thing you might do is ask (your repair guy) if he would be willing to try another fix for a reduced price. I will do this on occasion. Also a bit surprised he doesn't keep a repair log. With me you get both an invoice and shop order with repair details. I sometimes use these to fix future boards.
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I'd be happy to work on the CC board. There is one thing to keep in mind about these old circuit boards. Back in the day companies like Atari manufactured these boards to last about 3-5 years. Back then that was more than enough time for an operator to regain his investment many times over. So today these boards have already lasted 5-10 times longer than expected. Unfortunately for us IC failures are statistically much more common now at the end-of-life part of the cycle. i.e. Every time someone flips the power switch on a game they are rolling the dice that something might go wrong. That's the reality the hobby lives with.
Another thing to keep in mind is that most peoples repair prices are for a one-time repair. Which means that I could get it working here on the bench, send it back to you, you plug it in and something else fails. Now I do offer a couple of comprehensive warranties, but they are very expensive, because these boards are at their end-of-life.
Something must've gone wrong if you got the board back non-working. I would be happy to fix the CC for you, but one thing you might do is ask (your repair guy) if he would be willing to try another fix for a reduced price. I will do this on occasion. Also a bit surprised he doesn't keep a repair log. With me you get both an invoice and shop order with repair details. I sometimes use these to fix future boards.
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So he is sending it back and I am refunding the initial cost plus the the fee to ship it back to me.. yee haw..