New York repair shop

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Ivanbeacco

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I'm so sorry if this question has being posted already, but I searched the forum and I couldn't find anything: I'm from New York and I have an early 80's magnavox that need cassette deck repair. I tried to look it up online but I can't find anything, besides links to this forum. Any help, please?
Thank you to all in advance and please don't kill me ;)
Ivan
 

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Most repair shops consider boomboxes to be "not economical" to repair. In other words, the cost of the repair could exceed the value of the device. Most of the guys here just fix their own. However, if you don't mind paying for it, just look in the phone book. In an urban location like NY, there's undoubtedly a ton of repair shops out there. Expect to pay anywhere from $60 to $100 though. Most shops will charge $60 just to give you a diagnostic assessment, and if you don't want to repair it, you'll have to pay their diagnostic charge to get it back, still broken. On cheap stuff, owners often opt to leave their goods behind instead of paying the diagnostic charge hence the reason shops don't like to accept devices that are worth less than the repair since they lose out if the owner bails on the goods and they are stuck with a broken item wholse value does not equal the cost of their shop time.
 
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