Twinfield
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If you haven’t already, try a recalibration of the saw. There are couple YouTube videos that can show you how it’s performed.
Man I am way to cheap. I charge half that with no drop off fee. Time to up it.
Maybe I would have less customers that leave the saw and never come back to pay the bill.
That is the reason for a repair shop charging a drop off fee.
Does not pay the bills when the blown up saw is left.
And no, you usually cannot recoup those loses in reselling parts or repairing the saw.
Nice guys in a shop do finish last, sad to say.
I disagree.And no, you usually cannot recoup those loses in reselling parts or repairing the saw.
If I get something that I decide is not worth the cost of repair I just write NWR on the ticket and that is the end of it.I disagree.
I disagreed to not being able to recoup the cost in parts.If I get something that I decide is not worth the cost of repair I just write NWR on the ticket and that is the end of it.
So the labor is lost that counts.I disagreed to not being able to recoup the cost in parts.
This thread was about a 500i. If a customer abandons a 500i and you CAN'T rebuild or part out you are BANKRUPT. If you PAY an employee $30/ hr and customer burns you on 2 hours labour, where can you buy a 500i for $60?So the labor is lost that counts.
Sounds like a used motor oil thread.What about the labor to store, disassemble, clean, inspect , package and ship? They are all costs.
I suspect you could part out a MS500I on eBay and come out.I disagreed to not being able to recoup the cost in parts.
There is a ton of money to be made in selling the obsolete. Parts can average 3 times the cash value on certain items and when I need something it's in inventory, sold as is and doesn't require running in wood so some idiot doesn't burn it up. Average strip time 30 minutes including splitting cases, drop parts in diesel fuel followed by a bath in a huge ultrasonic. Parts are sold at fixed prices and you don't have the interruption of phone calls, arguing about how long it takes or explaining pump gas or oil mixes, or see you on Thurs.I suspect you could part out a MS500I on eBay and come out.
We just don't part stuff out. If the item is never picked up and none of us want it, it goes in a pile and a man who has time to part **** out gets it.
There is a ton of money to be made in selling the obsolete. Parts can average 3 times the cash value on certain items and when I need something it's in inventory, sold as is and doesn't require running in wood so some idiot doesn't burn it up. Average strip time 30 minutes including splitting cases, drop parts in diesel fuel followed by a bath in a huge ultrasonic. Parts are sold at fixed prices and you don't have the interruption of phone calls, arguing about how long it takes or explaining pump gas or oil mixes, or see you on Thurs.
Economics 101 is a different forum. I did 7 TS800's this week. it takes 15-30 minutes to disassemble and split cases. Beteween Stens, Echio and Stihl backorders I can't get parts fast enough. If you have time to wait for parts shipments your shop isn't that busy. My clients need stuff fixed today. I don't make money on dealer parts and neither will anybody that reads this. I am not a financier to the customer nor a collection agent for Stihl.How do you have the time to do all this when you are backed up in the shop?
Only way to reset the control module is to hook it up to the MDG software from StihlIf you haven’t already, try a recalibration of the saw. There are couple YouTube videos that can show you how it’s performed.
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