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Waiting for shops to open is like watching paint dry
Today I am up at an hour that I haven't seen for some considerable time so that I can get to the TV repair shop for 9. It's about a 40 mile drive, but on a busy commuter route, so I leave with plenty of time to spare in case I get stuck in a jam.
I shouldn't have worried really because the roads were fine, and I ended up sitting outside the repair shop for an hour until they opened - so it was a good job I stopped off at a shop and picked up a magazine to while away the hour.
Eventually the shop opens and when it comes to paying up I was very very surprised to find that the repair cost nothing what so ever. Not even labour (which I was expecting to pay) as it seems Pioneer pay for the lot - so I'm well chuffed. In fact I'm so chuffed with the service I've received of J F Associates I even offered to re-do their website for free should they ever want a redesign. It seemed the least I could do, and wouldn't take much of my time. Any business which is honest and doesn't rook it's customers is worth its wait in gold and always scores high on my "will use again" list.
With the TV loaded I then head straight to work, and make it back spot on 10 am. I then spend the rest of the day working, including my lunch break to make up the hour off in the morning. The afternoon was a little varied, as we had a speech and present giving thing for the fella that is leaving, and pretty much after that it was time to go home. A relief too, because a whole day working without a lunch break is exhausting.
When Phil gets home in the evening we unload the car of the Plasma and set it all up. We then cross everything that is crossable and power it up, and bingo its working like a dream! Hurrah! It's so nice to have a big screen back rather than looking at a poxy portable TV (though I won't slag it off to much because it did its job while the plasma was broke).
So, therein endeth the Plasma Saga for now, until the next time it decides to give off a cardiac arrest inducing light and sound show.
Posted by Abi on the August 19, 2005 10:27 PM
An early commute is always advisable cause there is less trafic and less stress.