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The down side of fostering technical know-how

1/22/2000 4:38 PM
Mark Hammer	The down side of fostering technical know-how You realize of course that, as more people visit this site and learn more about how to fix things, the deals that stem from one numbskull repair will grow increasingly infrequent. Ah well, get what you can while ignorance is in sufficient abundance. My record score was an original 59 Bassman for $30 Cdn (is was missing output tubes so they didn't know if it worked...trust me, it worked), and a Korg Pandora for $30 Cdn, because they couldn't tell what it was without batteries in it. The Bassman was SUPPOSED to be $40, but when the guy heard me mutter about the missing 4th speaker, he did the mental arithmetic and adjusted the price. Praise the lord for pawn shops that keep their overhead low by hiring doofuses!

1/22/2000 4:38 PM

Mark Hammer

The down side of fostering technical know-how

You realize of course that, as more people visit this site and learn more about how to fix things, the deals that stem from one numbskull repair will grow increasingly infrequent.

Ah well, get what you can while ignorance is in sufficient abundance.

My record score was an original 59 Bassman for $30 Cdn (is was missing output tubes so they didn't know if it worked...trust me, it worked), and a Korg Pandora for $30 Cdn, because they couldn't tell what it was without batteries in it. The Bassman was SUPPOSED to be $40, but when the guy heard me mutter about the missing 4th speaker, he did the mental arithmetic and adjusted the price. Praise the lord for pawn shops that keep their overhead low by hiring doofuses!

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