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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by jjav on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @05:57PM (#39996132)
> This is really standard fare with professional carpentry. I don't understand why so many people here are in shock at the concept of blade servicing.

For me, I'm just surprised that the economics of it can work. I'd imagine such a specialist is not going to charge less than a $100/hr so I wouldn't have expected the cost of repair to make sense. But interesting that it does!

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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by solomonb on Thursday April 11, 2024 @12:33AM (#39998402)
I think they make their money in the scale. They have a pickup guy who drives all over Los Angeles to pick up blades from all their customers. We had him come in every 2 months. He would return a batch of sharpened blades and take whatever blades were dull.

Definitely an old school style of business.

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