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." >>
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