On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 20:19:43 -0000, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
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
I've got an old Sony world receiver of similar vintage. Perhaps if we
promise Steve Jolly a couple of beers he'll delay the switch-off.
John
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