FS: Williams Linear Power Supply Rebuild Service

Mark C. Spaeth wrote:
> In rec.games.video.arcade.collecting Art M - Artfromny <artgames DeleteThis @nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> : Mark are you for real? Do you really think a tech's time isnt worth at LEAST
> : $45 a half hour, plus parts?
>
> It's not worth a dime if the work isn't done to my satisfaction, and this
> guy hasn't shown any sort of aptitude or competence in what he's
> advertising.
>
> His own posts show that he doesn't really understand the failure mechanisms
> of the supply, yet he thinks he can fix them?!
>
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Honestly,

In this great Country of USA, charge whatever you like. If rebuilding
power supplies is something that someone would rather not do and just
have a working tested supply sent to their home, $45.00 shipped is not
a bad price at all. I don't think anyone wants to do this for $20 as
time is money. Nor would it be worth the time. Everyone has the option
to bargain shop. If they feel it's too high, learn to do it yourself.
Everyone who's talking here is making profit, not loss. If that they
were making loss, then they wouldn't even be here. Sometimes prices are
too high and you have to move on in other directions. I agree with Art.
Charge what you like. If someone doesn't like it, move on. No need on
comments.

John

You forgot to read the whole thread John. I offered to fix these for
other collectors for free. That's 0 profit as in "Zero". That means
no, everyone here does not make a profit off of other collectors. I
offer to do a lot of things like burning ROM's, printing back door
sheets, etc at cost. If you live near me and want me to stop by and
help you fix a machine then I'll do that for free. If you have a
technical question I can answer here then the answer is free. Simply
put, I'm not trying to gouge money out of everyone. I'd like to see
more people who help each other out because they're fellow collectors.
The people who get irate about me offering something free or two
people offering the same product/service are only driven by greed.
Their greed shouldn't dictate what others do.

Long thread made short, if you have a game that's down and you want
your WMS power supply fixed then send JBuck $45 and he'll replace a
bunch of caps for you. He'll also stick it in his Williams machine and
let it run for 24 hours. You could also send it to me and I'll fix
what's broken and verify the output quality is good. I'll also replace
anything else on the PCB that you want at cost. Choose either option
(or none) that you like. I'm only making the offer to help other
collectors.


barakawins wrote:
> Honestly,
>
> In this great Country of USA, charge whatever you like. If rebuilding
> power supplies is something that someone would rather not do and just
> have a working tested supply sent to their home, $45.00 shipped is not
> a bad price at all. I don't think anyone wants to do this for $20 as
> time is money. Nor would it be worth the time. Everyone has the option
> to bargain shop. If they feel it's too high, learn to do it yourself.
> Everyone who's talking here is making profit, not loss. If that they
> were making loss, then they wouldn't even be here. Sometimes prices are
> too high and you have to move on in other directions. I agree with Art.
> Charge what you like. If someone doesn't like it, move on. No need on
> comments.
>
> John