Hi, I've had this clock since I was a kid, and recently I found it and tried to see if it was working. The music played fine, the pokeball opened and everything, but when it tried to close back up it got stuck and started making some noises, so I took the batteries out (I used new batteries). I've taken it to every clock repair place within an hour of me, every single one has refused to even look at it. I had a friend open it up, and from what I understand he says a gear needs replacing, which itself isn't too hard, but there's a plastic rivet in the way. He says you'd need to break off the rivet to get to the gear, but then he's unsure if he'd be able to get the rivet back on, and he doesn't want to be responsible if he breaks the clock (which is also why the clock places must be turning me away). Does anyone have any advice for who I could contact that would know anything about this plastic rivet thing? I understand that the issue of not wanting to be responsible will be there wherever I go, but if there's some sort of specialist that is experienced with this plastic rivet thing, I'd feel comfortable leaving it in their hands.
I'm sorry if my explanation for any of this is poor or incorrect, I really don't know the first thing about clocks so this is just how I'm interpreting what I've been told. I was actually redirected here from reddit, so this is also my first time on this site! I noticed there was a tab mentioning chapters, and that there are a few in NJ (which is my state). Are those places that I could go to and they'd be able to help me? Thank you so much for any information you can give me!
I'm sorry if my explanation for any of this is poor or incorrect, I really don't know the first thing about clocks so this is just how I'm interpreting what I've been told. I was actually redirected here from reddit, so this is also my first time on this site! I noticed there was a tab mentioning chapters, and that there are a few in NJ (which is my state). Are those places that I could go to and they'd be able to help me? Thank you so much for any information you can give me!