Plate break after restringing

Glenn rockymtn@sprynet.com
Thu, 30 Oct 1997 15:05:36 -0700


>  I do not see this as similar to having car work done
>and the mechanic finding more things wrong when he opens up the area.


Why don't you see that as similar.  It happens to be an excellent analogy.

Danny Moore said:

><<This is more like taking your car to the dealership to have a brake job
>>done at
>>100,000 miles.  As they are driving if away the engine throws a rod
because
>>you've never changed the oil in the 100,000 miles you've driven it.  >>
>>

Back to Bill:

>Actually, I do  think a plate and restringing are more intimely related
than
>brake shoes and piston rods. Plates are more simple, and traditionally less
>troublesome, also.


Sure they're less troublesome when they don't break.  But when they break,
they BREAK!  Your diving too deep into the samantics of the comparison.
We're trying to show you the idea of taking in a customers property and
repairing it.  Of course, if the garage has a fire and the property is
destroyed then you (or your insurance) owe the customer a piano.

Back to the excellent auto repair shop analogy:  If you take your car in for
an oil change and the engine block cracks while the mechanic is unscrewing
your oil filter, you don't get a free engine block.  You pay for the new
found problem and move on.  You can try to blame the
mechanic/shop/owner/etc. but you will surely lose.

Glenn.



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