Adam Maas wrote:
mike wilson wrote:
From: Steve Jolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2005/12/06 Tue PM 02:04:21 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Sony's at it again.
William Robb wrote:
At least this time, they may have a point.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1000&message=16139935
Their reasoning is a big pile of crap. If you want to stop people
from confusing two different kinds of battery, make them a different
shape! They admit what I suspect is the real reason though - locking
their competitors out of the spares market. Or possibly the
existence of spare batteries threatens the "planned obselescence" of
their products...
They have been doing this for years. I don't think I have ever seen a
pattern Sony spare. I can't (easily....) buy genuine ones because I
am not an authorised repairer. My choice is to get all work done by
authorised Sony agents or not buy Sony products. Anyone care to guess
my choice?
m
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.
I can get most spares for most electrical/electronic equipment. Some of
the larger corporations that specialise in electronics are harder to
find but you can often get generic replacements for a lot of the stuff.
Sony - zilch. To the point where I stopped buying the stuff. If I
can't repair it, purely because the maker won't let me, and there is a
reasonable alternative, I'll go for that. With my buying pattern, I'm
sure that has Sony quaking in its boots. 8-)
Looking around, the only thing in the house that is Sony at the moment
is my bedside radio. Over 25 years old and still going strong - as it
should be for what it cost at the time. Looks like that piece will die
when the UK drops analogue broadcasting, some time in the next five years.
mike
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