I was a science teacher for 15 years and worked at a university, so I’ve heard plenty of silly things.

If we restrict the silliest things to those related to running Liquid Audio, though, the silliest thing anyone ever said to me has to be when a customer accused me of stealing his old capacitors.

I replaced 40-year-old capacitors in a preamp for a gentleman I’d helped enormously regarding other issues he’d had with other repairers. I missed the red flags there, I’ll admit that! This individual failed to realise several points:

• 40-year-old dead electrolytic capacitors have no value
• BRAND NEW electrolytic capacitors have little value
• I own/stock thousands of premium new and NOS capacitors
• I don’t need or want old capacitors, all are disposed of
• There is no old capacitor black market
• Thieves steal more valuable items like catalytic converters, diamonds, hi-fi equipment…