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Nephasth:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on April 02, 2012, 01:11:33 pm ---Did that for a while until I had to start telling them "would you ask me to fix your car if I was a mechanic?"
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I was a heavy duty diesel mechanic for a number of years (been 2 years since I've earned a paycheck doing that sort of thing). I actually get slightly offended when family/friends don't bring their vehicles to me before taking them into a shop... $30,000 invested in tools and a box, I love it whenever I get a chance to use them as long as my ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---'s not what's broken down. But my wife whores me out to her coworkers and people I hardly know and that irritates me.
knave:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on April 02, 2012, 01:11:33 pm ---...I won't even talk about the level of lifetime support expected on a free repair.
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That's what gets me too...I don't mind fixing a PC for a friend...but then I'm 4ever their go-to person if "anything" ever happens again. (I still say yes sometimes...cuz I'm a sucker)
I gave an old PC to my former college roomate, who didn't have one. I swear she could not listen and still expected me to fix it every time she messed it up.
I donated all my old PC parts to charity years ago and no longer build freebies for folks.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Nephasth on April 02, 2012, 01:26:26 pm --- I actually get slightly offended when family/friends don't bring their vehicles to me before taking them into a shop...
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For free? In your limited spare time?
Nephasth:
Yup, free labor. It's not too hard to find time to help out a friend or family member.
ChadTower:
Good job. I used to be like that. Nobody ever returns the favor, though. :P
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