> > From: Steve Jolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/12/06 Tue PM 02:04:21 GMT > To: [email protected] > 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 ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
