Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >That's not a Sony thing. It's pretty standard for any electronics >company. Spares only to Authorized Service Centres. I certainly saw a >lot of that in my time as an Electronics Tech.
Not unheard of but hardly standard. When I was an electronics tech we never had any trouble getting parts from companies whose products were not an authorized service center. We were authorized for Sony, though... -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com