Had a chat on the phone with my sister who lives in North London, says lot's of local TV Repair shops have closed down there,
same thing happening where I am, the cheap set invasion is throwing out repairs.
Customers come to my shop putting the price on there repairs "I won't pay over xx€", I tell them "You've got the dustbin on the other side of the road", and believe me quite a few have dumped their set's, gone and bought a new one.
Next door to me I have a Motorbike repair shop, who is experimenting the same, very low business, and he's not looking very happilly to the future.
What's it like in your area???
Frank