At 11:08 AM 11/10/2005, Chuck Andrews typed:
I fully expect more and more moves to be made by Microsoft to
circumvent gutting proprietary stuff.
I know if I had spent years & years developing a brand name with a
decent enough reputation [whether you like the rep or not] I sure
wouldn't want some back wood hick to remove all the branding info
that I placed on the machine. Heck, this hick brands the boxes that I
sell & I wouldn't like it if you removed all that info. I sure would
appreciate any assistance in this effort whether that assistance came
from MSFT or Andrews Computer Service. Several times now I've had a
buddy of mine down the road a piece [next city over] repair a system
for me because they could get to them faster than I could as he lives
closer & he kindly did the repairs without removing my branding but
he did leave his business card taped inside the cover of the machine
& one with the client which I have no problem with. This buddy of
mine has reciprocated several times just because that's what buddies
do. I don't try to steal his clients & he doesn't try to steal mine.
I'm sure there are some areas where he would prefer to do things
[however slightly ;-) ] different than I do & vice a versa but it
ain't no big thing & we confer quite often as a matter of
professional courtesy.
I'm probably wasting my breathe but why don't you learn how to clean
up a branded box without having reloading the OS & only charge the
client for your time?
While you're doing the clean up you could be telling them gently [no
soapbox] about what you perceive as short comings in that machine &
how you'll try to help them with ANY of their computer needs in the
future such as building them a new box while salvaging parts from the
old machine as much as you can, thereby saving them money & providing
them better service than the name brand manufacturers can. In this
way I have developed a fairly large clientele for a hick out of his
home. Oh I also like to make in home service calls where as my
competition does not but many times I've discovered heating &/or
ventilation problems that couldn't be diagnosed in a shop.
Just a suggestion & YMMV but probably NOT.
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Wayne D. Johnson
Ashland, OH, USA 44805
<http://www.wavijo.com>
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