British Columbia’s Burnaby NewsLeader spoke to TV repair technicians who say the advent of cheaper flat-panel TVs is reducing the demand for their skills. Raymond Manoukian, the general manager of Spectrum Electronics in Burnaby, remembers when there were three or four similar shops in his KIngsway-Imperial neighbourhood alone. Now the owners have moved on...
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TV repair technicians comment on the dying art of TV repair
Is the economoy driving more people to repair their TVs?
A news report out of Pittsburgh offers anecdotal evidence that people are doing more TV repairs than usual because of the economy. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review interviews local TV repair shop owners who say their business is steady and even increasing. The director of a national, TV repair industry association concurs: “People are repairing, in...
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Customer tells of 6-week effort to get TV repaired
A Best Buy customer has posted details on Best Buy’s own customer forums of his frustrating 6-week journey to unsuccessfully get his TV repaired. He details a lot of technician visits and a lot of unnecessary parts ordered, only to be left with the same broken TV. Another week later…..again……arrives and opens the boxes. ...
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