I agree.
Even if you can somehow ignore the parts/labor
to fix it
(let's say maybe you had a lot of spares sitting
 on the shelf, that had never been sold),
with a lot of this electronic stuff,
that inventory on the shelf,
is a depreciating commodity, over time,
since the advances in technology pass it up;
so that, even if it [that inventory on the shelf]
still works OK, as it should,
buyers are looking for something
newer / faster / cheaper / lower power
/ more reliable
/compatible with other new stuf,
... etc.
-- 
Mike Schwartz
Glendale  AZ
schwartz@acm.org
Mike.L.Schwartz@gmail.com

On 3/5/07, George Toft <george@georgetoft.com> wrote:
>
> One of my coworkers just returned his HD DLP big screen TV because the
> projection lamp exploded (loud pop, smoke).
>
> What retailer in their right mind would give a lifetime guarantee on a
> $300+ part that has a 2000 hour life?
>
> George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
> 623-203-1760
>
>
>
>
> Mike Schwartz wrote:
> > Did you see this?  Apparently it is from Wed., Feb. 28, 2007:
> >
> >
> http://interaliainc.blogspot.com/2007/02/costco-halts-liberal-electronics-return.html
> > <
> http://interaliainc.blogspot.com/2007/02/costco-halts-liberal-electronics-return.html
> >
> > but I didn't notice until recently.
> >     Quote from the article:
> > << "It was awesome. It was great," [Mike] Lopez said. "It didn't take a
> > rocket scientist to figure out that someone was going to abuse it
> > eventually." >>
> > --
> > Mike Schwartz
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