4 May
2010
4 May
'10
9:49 a.m.
On May 4, 2010, at 12:40 PM, John Foust wrote:
Well yeah...anyone with important data is storing it on a RAID
array. ;)
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
...and some
businesses are run by people who think that
essentially "smash and grab" tactics are acceptable, like the asshole
who runs the company mentioned here. They won't get a dime of my
money after hearing about what happened to John.
In my case, I shouldn't have been so impatient. If I'd thought about
it slowly, I didn't need much of the old data right away. In theory
I could've shopped around more, spent time calling places to ask about
what they could do for me, sent the drive out a few times... but my
time is money, too.
Maybe there aren't any drive repair places that would've charged
me appropriate amounts for what had to be done, like $250 to repair
the NVRAM or $1000 to replace the heads. Maybe they're all fixed-
price.
I can also appreciate that this service (in general) has dropped
significantly in price in the last few years. I appreciate Tim's comments, too. I'm a
consultant. Yes, I laugh and
remind the client that I'm happy to sit and talk with them as I'm
paid by the hour. I do feel I deliver, though.
I do a lot of consulting work, always have. I'm really bad about
billing though. I just can't bill someone for just talking, even if
I'm explaining things to a client. I know I should, but I have a
really hard time with it.
That's not without its benefits, though. My primary gig right now
(replacing the IT and point-of-sale infrastructure for a small local
retail store chain, a big Windows purge) has gotten a lot of my time
for free, but the guy knows it, and when I do hand him a bill, he
doesn't question anything on it, he drops whatever he's doing and
writes me a check on the spot. I really like that.
-Dave