Hi Jim
A complicated scenario...lets say I had and was working with a competent crew that knows how to fix sets. Maybe three that could replace the ONE good bench tech I had working along side me....still would not be OK. This is Africa Jim.
The good Tech working beside me will waste less, fix more and steal buggerall....
The other crew will create havoc by trying anything and everything to get a set fixed. Swapping parts...doing this..doing that...
Ask them what they did to get the set working...they cannot tell you....so you cannot cost it properly. So you cut your losses and charge a Maximum fee..say R1000....
Back at the ranch....maybe R3000 was spent on the repair. Bad for a business.
Back to your original question: Idiots are my Customers. I promise you as as much as I threaten to throw in the Sea...so they will send more.
Have I a Plan B = NO. I am just tired of this load on my plate...I have no life anyway.
As long as a whitey is here slaving away....the fodder will bring their stuff here to be fixed.
Time for a song. Stuff this.