Author Topic: Helping out in the hobby.....or business ?  (Read 4869 times)

ckong

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Re: Helping out in the hobby.....or business ?
« Reply #15 on: July 23, 2014, 01:48:45 PM »
It makes perfectly sense IMO.  But be aware that if you make a bit of a business of it,  that people also are going to expect guarantee etc.  ...

And try to give price estimates upfront,  to prevent nasty surprises afterwards.
When repairing 30-40 year old equipment, I can (and do) give a guarantee exactly on the parts exchanged and my workmanship, e.g. quality of de-soldering / soldering - nothing else. I can not guarantee parts that are that old, I can't see inside and can't judge on the old soldering etc...


And that is exactly what I meant, a repair guarantee on the work done, nothing more.  :)  Like with old cars, when you fix the gear box, then people can't blame you for a broken exhaust pipe a week later.  ;D