Idea: Ask her to turn to a highscool (or whatever) electronic class i her city.
-They might do it as an excersice.
Or she may ask friends if they know somebody she can invite to coffee, barbecue or whatever...

BTW, I think that the quoted cost is what i hear of sometines, although myself only charge by hour.

/Morgan

Bob wrote:

...

>I had sent her a replacement switch, with very detailed instructions on
>how to replace and fix it, but she says that the local electronics repair people
>cost even more than shipping it back to me would.
>
>Fixing the power supply unit should only take all of ten minutes, and I can't
>see her spending 32 pounds just for someone to even look at it (yes, that's what
>she's been quoted).
>
>Would anyone be interested in helping her out (or more to the point, help me
>out, to help this customer).  Again, she can't afford to pay much, but the job
>is really simple.

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