Dave's Antique Radio & TV Restorations
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This was moved from the Borg website to the tubesandtransistorsandmore.com website.
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December 22, 2009
Most people have been contacting me by e-mail and snail mail and so few people have called me on the phone, that it has become unnecessary. So it will be eliminated ASAP. Probably before the end of the week. From that point on please contact me either by snail mail or by e-mail. Thanks, Dave
Happy Holidays from Dave's Antique Radio & TV Restorations.
October 30th, 2007
I have decided to eliminate the Borg Web site. It's no longer necessary. This will happen a short time after I have moved the contents from that site to here. This web site is a year old and is still working fine. The two web sites should be plenty.
February 10, 2007
I have decided to keep all 3 websites.
October 6, 2006
In addition to the dreamscape web site, I now have http://www.tubesandtransistorsandmore.com In the next 6 months I will update and put the contents of this borg web site there. Then, if possible, have Borg, re-direct traffic to my new site, while discontinuing this one. In other workds, I want to move. So, please update your links and e-mail addresses, because I may be "de-assimilating" from Borg in 6 months, or maybe even sooner. The new web space is much larger. So there's room for lots more pictures and movies on the subject of Antique Radios and TVs. I don't have any plans to give up the Dreamscape web site since their server always works and there are never any problems reaching someone for customer support.
September 30, 2006
This borg server is no longer local. Sometimes it's difficult to upload changes to web pages because the ftp server isn't always working and there doesn't seem to be anyone to notify on week-ends. So I am considering another web site. I already have Dreamscape (http://www.dreamscape.com/dave2). I am going to try to make that the most current. So please look at my other website for current prices and specials. I cannot be responsible for the operation of Borg's ftp server. If it's down, and I cannot update my website, I cannot go and re-boot it. It's thousands of miles from me and besides that, I don 't work there. So I have no access to it. So please refer to my other web site, until I get a third one going.
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April 3rd, 2006
Where did my regular pricing go?
My regular pricing didn't go anywhere. I'm still updating my Websites. There are going to be 3 ways to price a restoration. 1, Labor by the hour, as a mechanic would charge + parts. 2, Labor calculated from the number of paper and filter capacitors + parts (my original pricing), and 3. Flat Rate. Count the number of paper and filter capacitors and multiply by one amount as is described now on this and other Web Pages. For TV and Car Radios, I will call this my "White Glove" service, which includes doing everything and anything to get your TV or Car Radio to operate like new or better. I have seen some other small mechanical problems like missing dial cords in car radios, or sets with tubes or knobs missing. I also see that in older sets, there are horizontal problems where the horizontal hold wont lock. So the "White Glove" service covers it all. The other restoration services are all plus parts. I should have everything in place before the end of the week. I'll start on it today.
Thanks, Dave
April 1st, 2006
It is April 1, 2006 and all prices have been changed. Please read below for reasons why I had to raise my prices.
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March 25th, 2006
What's Going to happen to my prices on April 1, 2006?
Due to increasing costs for Health Insurance and energy, among others, I must raise my prices. Also, over the past 20 years many customers have suggested that it would be better to average the price of parts and labor into one multiplier. So the way I calculate the price of a restoration going to be simplified.
Currently I count the paper and filter capacitors, and use that number to calculate the labor for a restoration. Then I add in the price of the capacitors and other parts. But there's a lot more that I do than replace the paper and filter capacitors when doing an antique electronic restoration. Plus you are also paying for my knowledge and experience from working with antique electronics for about 40 years. Antique Electronic restoration is a specialized skill. It's not a simple repair from a tv repair shop. It can be thought of as an overhaul. There's a lot more involved than just doing a "repair".
Back in the late 50s, for example, a metal tv, like the ones that have become so popular lately, sold for $119.95 and a repair, such as the replacement of a couple of resistors and a tube would cost $35.00-$40.00. If those prices were adjusted for inflation to today the tv would cost over $800.00 and the repairs over $200.00. That is the same value as it was in the late 50s when the dollar was worth a lot more. When I noticed this I thought of this: Should I be paid less for doing an overhaul, than someone gets paid for doing a small repair? I don't think so and neither does my business advisor. After 20 years in business I deserve better.
So here's how it will work. I'll still count the number of paper and filter capacitors a set has, but then multiply by one number. The resulting number is the price of the restoration in dollars. For Antique Radios, this number is going to be $15.oo and for Antique Car Radios, and Antique Televisions the number is going to be $20.00. I have found that restoring Antique TVs and Antique Car Radios is much more labor intensive than restoring Antique Radios. There are exceptions but for the most part, this is true. The prices of my All American Table Radio Restoration Specials will not change as a result of the increase because normally they don't require anywhere near as much labor as other radios. More details will be available on April 1, 2006 on their regular pages on my Web site.
Thanks,
Dave...
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