I disagree with Randy. I don't think anyone can honestly say all of one are good and all of another are bad. I consider a decent mechanic worth 100 times a good doctor -- doctors have systems in place to hold them accountable, so the bad ones usually end up putting themselves out of business. If a mechanic says your transmission needs work when it doesn't, but replaces it with a perfectly working new transmission and discards the old one, whose to say if he was lying? Meanwhile, I know for a fact that dealers charge $450 for a factory radio/cd player that you can find on eBay for $20, so I'll certainly never go to a dealer for my repairs.
In all things, research is necessary. And that's one of the things that makes this group so amazing, the sheer voluminous amount of research on offer for the asking. Best to all, Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Medved" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 10:50 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] The rip-off age? > Randy, > > We do not disagree, I never meant to state independent mechanics were more > honest, and I envy people who can easily write what they mean to say without > extensive rewriting. > > What I meant to say about independent mechanics was to locate an honest one > by reputation or word of mouth. Independents are not more honest so > research is necessary. > > Steve > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ >
