What to do on used sets?

[radiotvnut]

Originally Posted by lnx64

What if I had found my childhood TV, and it doesn't work, and I really wanted it working because it was sentimental and was willing to pay you a generous amount of money, and a case of beer?

Well, you could keep the beer; but, it you brought me an old TV and was willing to pay to get it fixed, I'd do what I could for you.

Several years ago, a guy brought me a mid '80's 19" Emerson color TV (the one with the chassis mounted sideways) for repair. He said he'd taken it to other shops and was told to throw it away. One shop told him, "throw that piece of junk in the creek and get you a real TV."

This guy didn't want a new TV, he wanted his Emerson fixed; which, I fixed and he was happy.

However, situations such as his are rare. Had he given me that same TV, I wouldn't have spent more than a few minutes and a few second-hand part on it because I would have been doing good to get more than a few dollars for a mid '80's woodgrained plastic cased TV.