Apparently as far as repair goes I'm a cheap date!
To me it is always been a hobby rather than a business. I do enjoy working on stuff like this, and that always factors in. I've not been inside any RCA's between CTC-4 and CTC-15 so I'd learn from it. Part of it is I charge what I would want to pay someone else to do the kinda job I do. I also figure if I do a decent job for a good price and next week some random unobtainium part bites it from old age I won't have as pissed of a customer as I would if I charged 5X as much.
Perhaps I am too cheap...