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We had an old scanner at my last job that was only $70 grand new. It was made by a company is Austria, and was typical German engineering. It made cool sounds, and worked great. The company was purchased by Microsoft. They reduced the service staff to one guy for the entire world. Really, all of planet earth. He was based in Italy, so we would have had to pay the airline cost, hotel cost, and the $800 per day plus any parts needed for the repair.
It was all off the shelf parts, if the Goolgle-fu was strong. We found the source for tiny electric motors and they were mounted with tiny screws and red Loctite. We started fixing it ourselves with lots of effort. We broke down and ordered a new bulb for it from Microsoft. It was $550 bucks. We used our powers of Google and found the manufacturer, and ordered them for $45 bucks each.
It was working great when the company was shut down by the idiot son of the previous owner. Best thing that ever happened to me.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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