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October 24th, 2022 - Sign of the Times (AGAIN)
It seems to be the theme of the times; inflation!!
Over the past year, I've seen parts prices creeping up and
availability
dwindling. Unfortunately, for the third time in the 19 year
existence of Badcaps.net I've had to increase the cost of repair
services due to the rising costs of component parts. The
increase, while small, annoys me to no end...but we all have to stay
in the black. The increase is effective April 1st, 2022.
The prices have slightly increased on some capacitors in the
Badcaps.net store as well, but these are only increasing as I
restock; which has only been a hand-full of the more common values.
Not only
was it repair services that have gone up in price, international
shipping has too! I shipped one to Australia a couple weeks
ago; charging the usual flat-rate for international....well, I lost
a few bucks on it when I actually shipped! This is through
Paypal's 3d party 'ShipStation', which I'm not terribly fond of;
especially for international....it seems international stuff with
them goes through a middleman; driving up the cost.
Unfortunately, for now, I just had to increase the cost of
international shipping to accommodate this....sorry. I really
hate doing this, but right now I have no alternative. Domestic
has remained the same. USPS prices have gone up, but so far
I've been able to absorb it.
Just informing everyone that I no longer have 3300uF 6.3v caps
available to me from sources I trust....but I am looking. In
the mean time, any kit ordered that contains 3300uF 6.3v caps will
be substituted with 2200uF 6.3v. This will pose no issues.
Back in April 2002, I had an idea to start a business (actually
spinoff of another business) servicing motherboards at
component level amid the mass capacitor failures plaguing the PC
industry. Fifteen years later, the sun is setting on this crazy
little niche that I did very well with... To get 15 years from
one little niche in tech is absolutely unheard of, and was a hell of a good run!! The store
boomed from its launch all the way up until about a year ago.
Over the last 6 months or so, I have sold very few capacitors. Once my stock depletes, I will
be shutting down the Badcaps.net store. I have no estimated
date for this, but I don't foresee it happening this year...
However; if you need caps, you might get your order in sooner
than later! If I run out of a value, I will not be restocking
them.
The
store was launched in 2007 and had a great long run...but like every
business, it has a lifespan, and its time is up. If you
are in need of repair service, nothing will change on that front, Badcaps.net isn't going anywhere
when it comes to offering repair services.
FEAR NOT, I have NO PLANS to stop taking in repair work!! I
will continue to accept motherboard repairs indefinitely.
I have allocated a specific portion of my capacitor inventory for
repairs only, which won't be available in the store. I still
get a bit of repair work from old preferred clients along with new
clients as well.
That said, I no longer work Badcaps.net on a full-time basis and
have moved onto some other interests & pursuits. Repair ETA's
are still as advertized though, no worries! :)
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I also wanted to take a second to mention that I DO NOT
service television boards. The good folks over at
shopjimmy.com and a few other parts houses have referred a lot of
people to me seeking repair of their defective television boards.
I do not accept these for repair! The reason is that I can not
test them....and I am not the kind of technician that will service a
device, and then return it to the customer untested and hope it
works. That is a recipe for disaster, and I just can't do
it...sorry. I would service a television if the entire set
were sent, but that's hardly cost-effective, so I just felt it best
to stay out of the online television repair business.
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