Count me in for the competition!
Here is my story......
- I was lifting a heavy television from the trunk of a car for my son
as my reader was stupidly left in my coat pocket. It wasn't a pretty sight!
The screen had a very ugly crack and I almost cried! That's what I get for messing with a television when we should all be reading instead!
- I ordered a screen from the 'Authorized Sony Parts Distributor' to repair
the results of my stupid television stunt. The new screen was a gem! I decided to test out the new screen before re-assembling my reader. Immediately after attaching the power supply, a part on the main board glowed bright white, fizzed and died.... As it turns out, the mainboard had been cracked as well as the screen. My reader was permanently pooched!
- I sold the screen to a member here for the same 50.00 plus shipping that it cost me. I can happily report that the member here managed to repair his
son's reader.
- The 'Authorized Sony Parts Distributor' called me 2 days ago claiming that
they mis-charged me when I bought the replacement e-ink screen. They state that I now owe them 523.00 for a PRS-500 E-Ink screen and that I must either return the screen or pay the difference!
It's a good thing I canceled an order for 10 more screens! I was going to try to help people out here and sell them for a few extra dollars to buy a new reader! I found out that Sony was offering a 100.00 repair service and figured it wasn't worthwhile any longer.
To sum it all up Sony's parts distributor now claims I owe them 523.00, my reader is dead and I no longer have the new screen! I desperately need to sit down to a new book and a hot cup of coffee! I'm on a work related injury leave and can't afford a new one. I swear
to 'your Higher power here' that I haven't exaggerated at all
Thanks guys
P.S. I wouldn't mind any one of the used ones offered here in the 'Flea Market'