amp I bought 3 days ago not powering on - electrical engineer advice wanted

I'd camp out at the door of his shop, that way he'll get tired of lifting his walker over you every morning.

Do you have a sleeping bag?

Let's start a GoFundMe to keep @parkergetdean in Thunderbird and Night Train!

I will absolutely be caught embezzling the gofundme $

@parkergetdean,

How for do you think $3 is going to get you??

Wondering when was the last time you’ve dealt with a local repair shop…sounds like never…

@audphile1 

That's the thing, when you fix and restore your own gear there are not many opportunities to deal with repair shops. So, you have a point there.

Still, with a little empathy, it's not too hard to imagine how a harried, overworked repair person might react to various kinds of customer attitudes. 

When I drop off one of my cars at the local mechanic, I always say take your time, work on it at your leisure (especially when the repair promises to be dreadful) because a) I mean it, and b) even if I corner him into committing to a deadline I won't get my car back any faster anyway.

I don't think calling for an update is annoying customer behavior. I would call it caring (anxiously). But of course, if I called every day, that would be a pain and not conducive to fixing my amp. 

My first repair guy in town would take the gear in for repair, charge $150 on my card, with an estimate of 3 months, and he'd call in 3 months with an update that it will be 3 more weeks. Seriously. I think we all want to live by reasonable estimates and timelines.