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Old 08-22-2008, 12:45 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic View Post
Well if it's not covered under warranty... but who cares about repairing a broken unit if the fees for repair exceed the price of a new unit? This is my experience with mass consumer electronics: unless you can use your warranty, you are better off buying a new unit (or have it repaired by a 3rd party).
Just as an example, Sony charges less to replace the screen then to buy a new 505. But given how much Sony charges, I would expect the electronics to be not all that much if they needed to be replaced. Same I would hope would go for the Kindle. They get units back with broken screens with the other electronics just fine. Why not just pull the electronics from one of those units, put it in this unit and ship it back? Problem solved. And I'd expect it to cost less then 1/2 the price of a new unit.
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