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samjmann · 23rd Jul 2021, 10:34 am

My feelings on this match Sideband's almost exactly. Started in the trade in '73, best years upto 1990. Saw round after round of redundancies each year from then. Camcorders gave a short lived burst, Smartphones etc killed all that off. Even Steve Beeching gave up, and I believe is printing T-shirts!

In essence it's only when the product is new, expensive, unreliable, and difficult to repair are you going to make real money. So for me, the 70's and 80' were the best years, but those senior to me often say the 50's and 60's were the best of all.

SJM.

23rd Jul 2021, 10:34 am	#13
samjmann Heptode Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Nottingham, UK. Posts: 648	Re: (The trade). Golden years? My feelings on this match Sideband's almost exactly. Started in the trade in '73, best years upto 1990. Saw round after round of redundancies each year from then. Camcorders gave a short lived burst, Smartphones etc killed all that off. Even Steve Beeching gave up, and I believe is printing T-shirts! In essence it's only when the product is new, expensive, unreliable, and difficult to repair are you going to make real money. So for me, the 70's and 80' were the best years, but those senior to me often say the 50's and 60's were the best of all. SJM. __________________ It's never been right since we've had it...