Amptech Systems?

[bandersen]

Ugh, what a pain

I've never dealt with Amptech, but was hoping to pickup one of their reproduction 630TS backs someday. I really hope they get their act together and contact you.

[Findm-Keepm]

If all else fails, the WHOIS data for the website lists a phone number. That has to remain current or domain name control can be taken or lost.

Cheers,

[TheNixer]

Thanks for the reply guys! I'm not sure when the change happened but they do have all their contact information back on the main page. My goal wasn't to discourage anyone from being their customer, by the way. We're all human! I just wondered if there was a pattern there and what I might expect down the road from them. Unfortunately I've had a few discreet PM's that suggest this behavior is more normal for Amptec than abnormal.

[jeyurkon]

I haven't dealt with John either. I think any vintage TV restorer will have difficulty meeting schedules as a part of the nature of the business. Beyond that, I hope you can get your questions answered.

You can see John's recent postings in the Early Color Television forum and see what he's currently doing. Guess I sympathise with both of you.

John

[TheNixer]

Originally Posted by jeyurkon

I think any vintage TV restorer will have difficulty meeting schedules as a part of the nature of the business.

John

I'll be the first to admit I know nothing about the business of restoring an old TV set and admire those who do. That was part of the question I had. Time involved didn't concern me much (although I really had no idea how long it would take). I guess I thought it might take a few months for them to say "okay this looks like it will cost x amount of dollars to fix."

Originally Posted by Big Dave

We're working on it right now.

Thanks Dave, I appreciate the response. I can certainly see why you would want to give an accurate quote. I give quotes in my line of work as well and there's nothing worse than a bad quote! I want to continue to make clear my only worry was in lack of information concerning the restore - not the restore itself. I just wanted the guys here to set me straight in my thinking that 6 months was or was not a long time to go without any real information on the restore process. I'm certainly glad to have your update and will be more than happy to be able to post video and pictures of a restored Admiral 24A12 thanks to Amptech.