> > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/12/06 Tue PM 03:23:08 GMT > To: PDML <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Sony's at it again. > > > On Dec 6, 2005, at 7:10 AM, mike wilson 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? > > Not to be an advocate for Sony... > I had three Sony digital cameras and traveled with them extensively. > > They took a Li-Ion battery that I was able to find both Sony and > third party replacements for all over the US, in Japan, in the UK and > Europe. Even on the Isle of Man. Nearly every electronics/video store > carried them. > I probably wasn't being clear enough that I was writing about repair parts, not "consumables".
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