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From: sjc@angband.UUCP (Steve Correll)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Re: Technics CD player problems (SL-P8)
Message-ID: <54@angband.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 18-Apr-85 14:37:18 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 18 14:37:18 1985
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> A friend of mine who works at Pacific Stereo, Audio and More told me
> that they have had nearly a 100% return of Technics CD players.  He 
> no longer recommends them.

My Technics SL-P7 has worked for over a year, and has played flawed
discs which stymie Toshibas, Yamahas, and Sonys. I doubt we have a
large enough sample size here to generalize, and I am skeptical of
stereo stores because the one on the north side of the street will
slander brand X to sell you brand Y, while the one on the south side
will slander Y to sell you X.

I suggested by mail to the original poster that he demand in writing
(with copies to the appropriate authorities) a new unit. As I recall,
the product failed within two months of purchase and had been in the
shop for more than two months thereafter.  I suspect that the dealer
and manufacturer will be cooperative once they see that copies of the
complaint are going to the state consumer affairs board, the "action
line" column of the local newspaper, the Better Business Bureau, and
the major stereo magazines.

At any rate, this seems a more promising approach than complaining to
the net.
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                                                           --Steve Correll
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