thunder wrote:
On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:04:52 -0400, HK wrote:


So, I called several repair facilities, and all of them told me about
the same thing...that a repair would run about $350 for a new power
supply circuit board, and $150 for the service call. The set weighs 225
pounds and I wasn't about to muscle it into a shop.

Hell, I'm a little surprised you could find a repair shop. A couple of
times, if the gizmo is small enough, I've sent things to the manufacturer
and had them fixed, sometimes without charge.

I read recently that shoe repair shops are making a comeback. When I was
a kid, getting half-soles or heels was relatively common. These days, I
wouldn't even know where to look.


Some of the big malls have small shops that repair shoes and other
leather goods. I'm tough on shoe heels, and recently had a pair of good
shoes re-soled and re-heeled for about $45 at the Annapolis Mall. The
"uppers" of the shoes were just fine, and they weren't cheapo shoes, so
I thought repairing them was worthwhile. Guy did a fine job.

One of our local dry cleaners has a woman working there who does simple
tailoring and clothing repairs. Also an immigrant, from Vietnam. And if
you hit our local WaWa or 7-11 at 7 am, you'll find a dozen Latinos
there, waiting for their rides to the job. These are all good future
Americans, so I always smile and converse and wish them well.

I don't check the "status" of these workers, by the way. I figure if
they are here and they are working to make a living, that's good enough
for me. That's what my grandparents did when they got here.



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