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From: casey@well.UUCP (Kathleen Creighton)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,sci.electronics,rec.audio
Subject: Re: PO'ed at Sony
Message-ID: <6915@well.UUCP>
Date: 25 Aug 88 02:48:21 GMT
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Reply-To: casey@well.UUCP (Kathleen Creighton)
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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A friend of mine bought a Sony D-5 which Sony ended up replacing--after
he paid for the UPS back and forth, etc., etc.  The second one never
worked right, either.

I owned a D-5.  I accidentally dropped it on a carpeted floor last year.
That repair cost almost $100.  In the Bay Area, the Sony service center
is in San Bruno (not convenient to most of us) and is open Mon-Friday,
9 to 5 p.m.  The other option to actually going there is to send it to
them UPS with a check then wait for weeks for the unit's return.

The D-5 died.  Took it to Sony service center.  It supposedly needed a
new power supply (internal).  Cost?  $179.  Of course, it cost $14 for
them to tell me that.  I opted to not have the repairs done.

There is either something inherently wrong with the Sony units (especially
the D-5s) *or* there is something inherently wrong with the small-scale
technology.  In any event, I would not buy another portable CD player
from *any* manufacturer.

--Kathleen