On Thursday 27 September 2007, Jonathan Ellis wrote: > On 9/27/07, Nicholas Leippe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you can pick up a Kinesis cheap on ebay or somewhere, go for it. New > > will set you back over $200, though you may be able to get your employer > > to foot the bill if it is health related, or perhaps write it off > > somehow. > > I paid full price for mine (also their first style aka Contoured), but > it's done good service for over six years now. $40 per year is > totally worth it. (There are no signs of wear yet except for some > ibook-style discoloration, so it will probably amortize further.:)
I have had to do three repairs over the course of the last 10 years. I broke the backspace key once (I use it for fire in quake ;). The esc key started getting flaky (I use it all the time in emacs). They sent me a new board for it and told me how to put it in. Later it happened again but it was because some plastic tab wore out that was holding it, so I think it cost about $40 plus shipping it to them. They paid return shipping--they had to melt in more plastic or something to hold the board. They didn't even care that I had done my own upgrade to add in the memory. IMO they have very good service. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
