RE: filmscanners: Polaroid SS4000 Extended Service Contracts

[Tony Sleep]

> The fact that the service contract is so expensive tells you how reliable
> Polaroid thinks these things are. I have a similar contract for my
> Cornerstone p1700 21" monitor, which costs almost as much as the SS4000. The
> price of the contract? $35.

Yeah, but fixing a monitor will usually be a quick swap-out of a board, if done by a 
mfr, electromechanical bits aren't often so modular and require more workshop time.

Regards 

Tony Sleep
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