RG>> Video heads are pretty much 'self cleaning' anyway - the same
 RG>> abrasive action that wears heads out will tend to keep them
 RG>> clean.

 BL> (grin) It's nice to find an honest tech at last... most of you
 BL> keep this nice little earner a secret.

 RG> What saddens me though is that in spite of my efforts to
 RG> educate my customers about this, many of them will still go out
 RG> and pay up to $80 for a U-beaut headcleaning tape that works no
 RG> better that a $5 cleaning tape, which does little better than
 RG> just leaving a normal tape running for a short while.

  (chuckle) I even bought a floppy-drive cleaning disc at one of
those computer swap meets! ROFL! It was cheap, though.... and I've
never used it.

 RG> I must admit I do get a kick out of the customers that
 RG> confidently bring their machine in for 'repair' and tell me
 RG> that its NOT dirty heads because thier $80 cleaning tape didn't
 RG> fix the problem.. all too often have I been tempted to clean
 RG> the heads (which is/was the problem all along), and then charge
 RG> 'em $100 or more to "resolder the head amp". Instead, I rather
 RG> "foolishly" clean the heads while they wait, smile at them and
 RG> tell them how they have just wasted $80 on their U-Beaut
 RG> cleaning tape, and then slug 'em with a $25 bill for doing what
 RG> should have been done in the first place. ;-)

  Always make the customer feel like a fuckwit. The masochists queue
up outside... and the rest head for the hills (Telefix).

 RG> Hmmm... no wonder I'm not getting rich... not only am I not
 RG> ripping them off, but I humiliate them in the process. 

  I can see why. You are an utter bastard  :-).

Regards,
Bob
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