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From: Wayne.Roorda@f14.n385.z1.fidonet.org (Wayne Roorda)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Hearing Aid Repairs
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Date: 10 Oct 90 03:01:43 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Hi George,

In a recent message you mentioned about your hearing aid
being outdoors for a winter and you had it repaired for
$60.00.  You just "lucked out" that it was even repairable.

The reason your repair was so "cheap" was because used parts
were used to rebuild the aid.  When a dispenser sends an
aid out for repair, such as in your case, he usually has a
couple of choices.  One being, use used parts for rebuilding
the aid at a lower price and no warranty, but sometimes that
can be for 30 - 90 days.  The other is to request the use of
new parts for the rebuild with a 6 month warranty.

BTW I am not a dispenser or a repair site.  I'm one who asks
a lot of questions. :-)

                                        Wayne

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