Whirlpool Microwave not working: fix or replace?

[The Daring Dufas]

So you approve of toasting those posters? ^_^

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[clare]

I KNOW I work too cheap - but it's very competetive here.

My comercial network rate is $75. Competition ranges from $35 to $400.

[The Daring Dufas]

For a good customer who I do a lot of work for, I give them a discount down to $50/hr and me and my late friend GB would charge old folks or low income people $50 for a service call and not hit them up for an hourly charge. We helped a lot of people out because we knew they didn't have a lot of money and someone needed to help them so we did it. I'm not doing any residential work now because of the poor physical shape I'm in and I can't work everyday so I help my roommate with commercial installations and service calls. We had a couple of young guys helping us today, one was 50 and the other was 20. ^_^

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[Stormin Mormon]

Wish I lived a bit closer. I'm sure I'd learn a lot from you, and your customers need a young fellow like me to do the jobs that your body just won't allow. If the 20 year old has work ethic, he may do some good for the world.

I really hate seeing otherwise good appliances and such go to the landfill.

. Christ>> I KNOW I work too cheap - but it's very competetive here.

[The Daring Dufas]

Thanks for the offer but neither me or the guys I work with can afford to pay anyone right now. We're basically in survival mode until the economy picks up.

A friend of mine who owns a service company and metal working/welding shop is almost as disabled as I am so we're getting together to work out of his shop and find younger folks who want to learn. His youngest son is going to go to HVAC school to learn the basics and we can fill in the knowledge and experience gaps so he can work on his own someday. There are some other projects we want to do that we can do sitting down without having to climb ladders. Since modern HVAC control systems are becoming more complicated with much more energy management and internet connectivity, I can teach youngsters how to handle those systems but it will be a slow start and perhaps both of us will survive long enough to get things going good on their own. ^_^

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