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**HAL9000** · 05-30-2001, 01:09 PM

I agree completely with Reboot on this one. I helped a guy start a business and he fell into the trap of the only way he could compete was to be the cheapest. This meant cheap parts. Those machines spent more time on my bench than anywhere else, and if you're doing warranty all day, you're not making money. Very much like 'boot does, we only use known good quality, brand name parts. As soon as I hear someone complaing that they can get it cheaper elsewhere, conversation over, go buy it then. At our shop, we are definitely not the cheapest game in town, but I don't have a bench full of failures every day either.

05-30-2001, 01:09 PM	#5
HAL9000 Red-eyed Moderator Staff Premium Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 17,575	I agree completely with Reboot on this one. I helped a guy start a business and he fell into the trap of the only way he could compete was to be the cheapest. This meant cheap parts. Those machines spent more time on my bench than anywhere else, and if you're doing warranty all day, you're not making money. Very much like 'boot does, we only use known good quality, brand name parts. As soon as I hear someone complaing that they can get it cheaper elsewhere, conversation over, go buy it then. At our shop, we are definitely not the cheapest game in town, but I don't have a bench full of failures every day either. __________________ -At Ford, quality is job #1, job #2 is making them explode. ~Norm MacDonald, SNL News -Switching to Glide..Balancing in my head..inside of me... taking the glide path instead.