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Fixed my 50th console and it made me think about volume
I hit 50 repairs this month on a mix of old Xbox 360s and PS3s from my local Facebook listings. Started doing this as a side hustle in Dallas about 8 months ago, and I didn't expect to get that many so fast. Most of them had bad capacitors or disc drive belts, nothing crazy hard. Has your repair count surprised you at any point, or do you keep track at all?
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joseph9324mo ago
Huh, so the number is more about proving something to yourself?
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kim_patel894mo ago
I get what you're saying about it turning into a competition, but I see it differently. Tracking the count actually helps me stay focused and see my progress, especially since I'm learning as I go. Numbers don't make me rush either, if a repair takes extra time to do right I take it. It's less about the tally and more about proving to myself I can handle the work.
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sean_walker454mo ago
Whoa, hold up, I gotta push back on this one hard. Keeping a count like that just turns fixing consoles into some weird competition with yourself, and it's not about the numbers at all. I've been doing repairs for years and I've never once counted because every job is different and the real win is saving a console from the trash, not hitting some personal milestone. Tracking that stuff makes it feel like a job, not a passion, and it can make you rush through repairs just to bump the count up. Are you really enjoying the process or just obsessed with the tally?
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