Fisher VCR's were a 3 for 2, you had to have 3 in stock for every 2 sold because one was coming back defective and needed to be replaced. I thought it would be interesting if when customers came in and asked for Toshiba, I'd looked puzzled and say Toshiba? Ohhh.... you mean to-shi-ba, mispronouncing it purposely. I was waiting for the day when customers would come in and mispronounce it the same way I did, and they did! I enjoyed that. There was a Nipon walkman with just the right features for you, much better than SONY. We had fun.

Yes, the Fisher's were all replaced, until the warranty ran out, and THEN they got turned over to us service techs to repair the damn things! I wish I had a dollar for every motor drive IC I replaced in the FVH-730 and idler replaced in the FVH-720. I'd be up to my neck in Mai Tai's in Tahiti right now! Hey, it was cool. A little trick I learned from Jack Acacia was to sell the customers the R & R contract right over the phone from my bench, and get a nice spiff check at the end of the month!