Of course, if I have bookings available, simply book an equipment assessment/condition report, and I’ll happily assist.

However, if you’re asking for an equipment valuation over the phone or for me to maybe drive a considerable distance to come to you and provide this service for free, we don’t offer those services, for hopefully obvious reasons.

I can’t render an evaluation on equipment I have not carefully assessed in the workshop. Customers expect this quality and attention to detail, and it is the only way I do things. Thorough evaluation of equipment requires time and expertise, and that, of course, incurs a cost to the client.

A gentleman I visited recently, after saying he wished to donate some hi-fi equipment, decided that I should instead value it for him for free and then sell it and give him the money! Apart from the two hours wasted time, there are a couple of other issues here!