On Dec 6, 2005, at 1:55 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
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.
Not unheard of but hardly standard. When I was an electronics tech we
never had any trouble getting parts from companies whose products were
not an authorized service center. We were authorized for Sony,
though...
I was a camera repairman in the 70s and 80s. As I understood it at
the time, there was a law requiring manufacturers/distributors to
sell parts to independent repair shops. I could get parts for
anything so long as the manufacturer/distributor had them. I wonder
if that has changed.
Bob
