Somewhere here in the past 6 months or so, we discussed "What's the oldest TV that was recently brought in for repair at a shop?"
Well, this isn't super-old, but it sure hasn't happend much since about 1980: An old lady in Beverly Hills brought in a 12" Zenith tube set to my friend's shop in West LA this week! She pulled up out front in a mint-condition early 60s Buick, and was wearing a classy '70s pants suit like my mother wore when she was a school teacher in the early 70s. She came in and asked for someone to come out and carry in her set. It turns out to be a late 60s Zenith 12" B&W portable tube set! And it's her ONLY TV!!!!! She lives on North Roxbury Drive in Beverly Hills, where the cheapest house is at least $4,000,000.00. This is part of a tradition with Harvey's TV. All these OLD ladies keep on repairing their old sets, because they just don't want a new set. They're used to having the same TV, and they don't want to learn how to use a remote. They don't care how much it costs... Just give the bill to the house secretary and a check is mailed. This happens more than you would think. There's a lady with a Wards (made by Sharp or Sanyo) early 70s 17" color set who has it worked on at least every 3 months. She spends about $200 each time, and wouldn't care if it was $1000 each time. "Just fix it please!!!!"
Anyway, if all TV repair shops had customers like this lady, we'd all still be in business
Charles
