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January
10th, 2023
- 20 Years of Badcaps.net and a couple changes!!
After two decades of Badcaps.net, I have decided to shut down the
online store for replacement capacitors.
The capacitor store has been active since the launch of the site in
2003, but 20 years later, the demand is low and keeping on top of it
is just more effort than it's worth. If you need capacitors, I
highly recommend Mouser or Digikey. It has been a great run
and I thank every one of my customers for a fantastic two decades!
The tech forum is still operational and I also still accept
motherboards for repair. I simply no longer sell
replacement capacitors. In the months to come, I will also be
tidying up the site some.
Back in 2002, I had an idea to start a business (actually
spinoff of another business) servicing motherboards at
component level amid the mass capacitor failures plaguing the PC
industry. In April of 2003 Badcaps.net was launched!
Twenty years later, the sun is setting on this crazy
little niche that I did very well with... To get this much of
a run from
one little niche in tech is absolutely unheard of, and was a hell of a good run!! The store
boomed from its launch all the way up until about a year ago.
Over the last 6 months or so, I have sold very few capacitors.
The deciding factor for this was as of Jan 1st 2023, the state would
require me to start charging sales tax on all internet sales...
A hassle I didn't want to mess with.
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FEAR NOT, I have NO PLANS to stop taking in repair work!!
I
will continue to accept motherboard repairs indefinitely! I
will likely die of old age with a soldering iron in my
hand!
I have plenty of capacitor inventory for
repairs. I still
get a bit of repair work from old preferred clients along with new
clients as well.
That said, I no longer work Badcaps.net on a full-time basis and
have moved onto some other interests & pursuits. Repair ETA's
are still as advertized though, no worries! :) |
Badcaps.net has EXPRESS SERVICE Available!!
Have an emergency repair??? Don't want to wait for the Standard Service? Click
HERE for details on Badcaps.net's new Express Repair Service! The average turnaround time for Standard Repair Service is roughly 10-15 days in my shop (weekends excluded). My new Express Repair Service reduces the turnaround time to no more than 4 days in my shop (weekends excluded)!! Express Repair Service is an additional $25.00 per board, and is completely optional. Full details
HERE. |
I also wanted to take a second to mention that I DO NOT
service television boards. The good folks over at
shopjimmy.com and a few other parts houses have referred a lot of
people to me seeking repair of their defective television boards.
I do not accept these for repair! The reason is that I can not
test them....and I am not the kind of technician that will service a
device, and then return it to the customer untested and hope it
works. That is a recipe for disaster, and I just can't do
it...sorry. I would service a television if the entire set
were sent, but that's hardly cost-effective, so I just felt it best
to stay out of the online television repair business.
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