Ottawa Canada Dear Terri and list:
Let's look at it this way: Your Classic cost around $5,000. You transplanted it two years ago and since then have spent around $1,000 for service agreements and $2,000 for the actual transplant. That is an additional roughly $3,000. However you've had two years of use out of your transplant. And it won't automatically self-destruct the minute the service agreement on it expires. Not sure where people are getting the $590 a year figure for the cost of the service agreement. Have been told by another list member it was $340 in the USA. Your transplant will probably work like a charm for quite some time to come. If it needs cleaning or repairs, you can pay for these out of the money you would have spent each year on a service agreement. And you still have your unit to use. If you get say another five years out of your unit, $340 times 5 is $1,700. If Humanware still offers their trade-up offer at that time, that gives you around $3,700 toward a new unit, unless the trade-up only costs $2,000. So yes, its costing money to own and operate your Transplant, but you're getting good use of it and it has a trade-in value. When you buy a new car, the instant you put the license plates on it, the resale value drops about 30% as it is now considered a used car, not a new one. Let's keep things in perspective. Brian Brian K. Lingard email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: ve3yiab2ji15 tel: +1 (613) 247-0665 New York NY Tel +1 (646) 797-2862 FAX +1 (613) 247-9998 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.17/1176 - Release Date: 06/12/2007 11:15 PM ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
