modessitt
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How would you charge for a part that is not available anywhere and must be obtained from another pcb or chassis to make the repair? Say a specific custom chip or linearity coil that is not manufactured anywhere. Pulling it from your spare board means you can never make that board work again unless you do the same thing to ANOTHER board.
When you are charging someone for repair, what would be a fair price? Do you look at similar parts that ARE available and charge that? Do is it matter that your part is used vs new?
For example, say that it's a working K7000A flyback to replace a bad one (even though most would just toss the K7000A and get a real K7000). You can't buy a new K7000A flyback, so do you charge $20 like a regular new K7000 flyback? More? Less? Reasoning?
I was just wondering what people think. Sometimes I find I'm repairing a monitor chassis that needs a specific part that can no longer be had. I have a lot of spare chassis, and don't really want to kill a perfectly good K7400 just to get a small transformer that can no longer be had, but the other option is to just tell the customer, "Sorry, parts aren't available to fix it..."
BTW - this is not in the Repair/Help section because I'm not asking for repair or help. Just opinions of the general arcade public...
When you are charging someone for repair, what would be a fair price? Do you look at similar parts that ARE available and charge that? Do is it matter that your part is used vs new?
For example, say that it's a working K7000A flyback to replace a bad one (even though most would just toss the K7000A and get a real K7000). You can't buy a new K7000A flyback, so do you charge $20 like a regular new K7000 flyback? More? Less? Reasoning?
I was just wondering what people think. Sometimes I find I'm repairing a monitor chassis that needs a specific part that can no longer be had. I have a lot of spare chassis, and don't really want to kill a perfectly good K7400 just to get a small transformer that can no longer be had, but the other option is to just tell the customer, "Sorry, parts aren't available to fix it..."
BTW - this is not in the Repair/Help section because I'm not asking for repair or help. Just opinions of the general arcade public...
