[OT] Computer fatalities

[Paul Lussier]

Derek Martin <invalid at pizzashack.org> writes:

> On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 08:44:33PM -0400, Paul Lussier wrote:
>
> Yup.  How many different models of Microwaves are there?  How many
> different COLORS of those models are there...  You need to do a very
> high volume of business for this to be practical.

Well, I was kind of assuming that the client would call for a repair,
and your father would get the make and model of the appliance in
question.  I doubt very much that color would come into play that
often for a repair call, since it tends to be the chassis of the
appliance which has any aesthetic difference, and those, I expect,
tend not to be the subject of repair calls.

So, if he has the make and model, and it's still being sold, he could,
in theory, shoot up to BB or wherever, buy the appliance and remove
the pieces needed to make the repair.  He then has the option of
stocking the rest of it for repairs of a similar make/model, or
selling the rest of it on E-Bay for a profit (c'mon, if spare parts
are so exhorbitant, there must be a market for them on E-Bay, there's
a market there for *anything*! :)

Disclaimer: all of this only applies in Theory.  If you don't live
            there, then disregard all this :)

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Seeya,
Paul