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Ash...Housewares:
I just thought I'd share a funny conversation I just had with a TV repair shop I found in the phonebook:

Me: "I need to degauss a TV"
Guy: "You need to what?"
Me: "Degauss."
Guy: "Uh... What model is it?"
Me: a bit confused "It's an RCA"
Guy: "What year?"
Me: "1990"
Guy:  "What's the problem with it?"
Me: "I need to degauss it."
Guy: "What do you mean?"
Me: "I need to clear the magnetic fields...  Like, I got a magnet too close to it and now the colors are all messed up..."
Guy: "That doesn't happen!!"
Me: "Yes it does!"
Guy: "No, it doesn't." *click*

Maybe my reaction wasn't terribly polite, but I was really shocked!

-Ash

mahuti:
They probably aren't too used to dealing with customers that are modding and decasing tvs.

In his world that probably DOESN'T happen :)

Ash...Housewares:
Haha... You have a very good point there.  But it's not that strange of a request! Rare, maybe.

Jabba:
A poor mans degauser is a corded drill. Plug it in and float the "coil" part over the spot(s) that are washed/faded while the drill is running. Not as good as a degause wand, but did the trick for me.

Food for thought...

markrvp:

--- Quote from: Ash...Housewares on December 03, 2005, 03:46:44 pm ---I just thought I'd share a funny conversation I just had with a TV repair shop I found in the phonebook:

Me: "I need to degauss a TV"
Guy: "You need to what?"
Me: "Degauss."
Guy: "Uh... What model is it?"
Me: a bit confused "It's an RCA"
Guy: "What year?"
Me: "1990"
Guy:
--- End quote ---

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