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My local roastery have turned this into a nice little sideline, the boss man does all the repairs... Still waiting on a quote for my Vario, it seems parts cannot be had and international distributors aren't picking up their phones! 🙄
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Yeah it would be great business, I have some experience of it from my time at Bella Barista. Customers often ask if we’ll fix their stuff but you put yourself at risk of it turning into a complete nightmare when it’s not a proper full time workshop setup. These machines are either peoples pride and joy and they’re super precious about them or they’ve been neglected and the job escalates, the customer won’t accept the extent of work required and you’ve lost a regular coffee customer. We don’t have time, space or patience for it.
Stevethecoffee
The only way I could afford a nice machine for home was to buy a non runner and do it up. You just figure it out as you go along. Self sufficiency wrt equipment maintenance is an underrated thing amongst coffee business owners. There’s always something needs mending, we’d never make a penny if we had to pay labour for breakdowns.