I believe a carefully chosen, respectful name is essential for product success.....
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This fine product is brewed locally and appears to sell well (endcap in the supermarket).
https://www.hannaford.com/product/geaghan-bros-brewing-smiling-irish-bastard/1009192
Actually, yes.
A certain model Panasonic DLP projection set had an inverted video problem.
The customer was informed of the repairs, then ignored further communication - so it sat, until we tossed it out.
And a Samsung 50 inch LCD set came in with some missing rear panel screws - a sign of tampering.
Upon examination, the 6A fuse was wrapped with tinfoil, and major blackening of fried circuit boards - another toss-out.
Then there's the old Zenith Chromacolor console 25 inch tv that the customer said was repaired at their home by a (so-called) repairman.. who told customer he replaced a "chip" for $80, but the problem still remained.
Upon removing the back panel, I saw that chip... it was a used VCR motor-drive IC, with its legs bent around a wiring harness to keep it there. - A clear sign of fraud.
We found out who the "repairman" was - a lying shyster idiot with a police record and a gambling problem, and a string of very unhappy customers.
Jammed up VCR's with kids toys, sandwiches, sunglasses in the mechanisms.. roaches and dead mice too.
I could go on, but you get the picture.
Not a TV but here's a botched job from the 70's.
A friend blew out his guitar amp which he took to the local Radio Shack store for repairs. Got it back and it quickly died again.
He asked me to check it.... found the RS tech had replaced a TO-3 output transistor and used an obviously "home made cardboard washer" instead of a mica washer between the heat sink.
Needless to say the TO-3 was cooked to death. Worked fine after a proper repair with the right stuff.
A friend blew out his guitar amp which he took to the local Radio Shack store for repairs. Got it back and it quickly died again.
He asked me to check it.... found the RS tech had replaced a TO-3 output transistor and used an obviously "home made cardboard washer" instead of a mica washer between the heat sink.
Needless to say the TO-3 was cooked to death. Worked fine after a proper repair with the right stuff.
Radio Shack techs.... a real joke!
Likely a high school graduate educated from magazines and perhaps internet blogs like this one.
There are accredited professional technicians (like me).... and then there are backyard mechanics.
Yes, I couldn't agree more.
I never liked the store or anything they made.
Yet we still buy components from Allied where I work.
Radio Shack has its reputation, for sure.
However, some of its products are pretty much decent quality.
Like their occasional line of stereo components, which varied in quality over the years.
Mostly outsourced/rebranded stuff.
My favourite bumper sticker: 'There's no cure for stupidity'
