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Had a customer yesterday wave a dead multimeter in my face screaming I ruined his repair
He was convinced a good reading on my Fluke 87 meant his old corroded pins were fine, and he's now out $150 in parts because he didn't replace them. Has anyone else had a customer refuse to accept what a simple continuity test tells them?
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kim.wren3mo ago
Grabbed my own meter and showed them side by side the difference between a good pin and a corroded one. That visual usually shuts down the argument fast.
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fiona5023mo ago
Drag out that meter and hold it up like it's a holy relic from the trucking gods. I've done the same thing, pulled out a crusty pin from a trailer harness and laid it next to a shiny new one, and watched their face go from smug to confused real quick. They start saying something about "well that one's just old" and you just point at the voltage drop on the screen. It's like magic - suddenly they're real quiet and start asking about crimp tools instead of arguing.
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