Repair costs and ethics come to mind right off the top of my head.
A very nice older gent came into the shop today wanting to sell gear he just had serviced At Atlas Audio. (He did not know we existed.)
He took in a set of EPI 100v speakers that needed re-foamed and one driver possibly re-coned ,and a Technics M14 cassette deck.
The speakers are worth about $175 in very nice cosmetic and working condition.
The cassette deck is worth $25 in working condition.
The poor guy is beside himself.
They charged a $40 bench fee,each, just to start the screw job.
The results...
Put a belt on the cassette deck, cleaned and "calibrated" $128 cost for a $25 deck. Ethics, where are they.
Now the EPI speakers. Over $220 to replace the woofers with , made in Taiwan 8" woofers that can be picked up from MCM electronics for $35 each shipping included. Why did they not re-foam the originals or send the originals out to get foamed or re-coned? Parts Express does a great job of re-coning and they are reasonable.
Question two, for the money they charged, they could have purchased a re-foamed working set of originals on epay for $125-$150, yet they told the guy they were replaced with originals.
Beware people, there are shops out there that are all about the money and not about you or the equipment.
Shame on you Atlas...