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- From: philip@vogon.cetia.fr (Philip Peake)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.video
- Subject: Re: VCR Repairman Problem
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.132506.20374@cetia.fr>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 13:25:06 GMT
- References: <1992Jul22.213329.28979@cs.mun.ca> <1682D90F8.JWEST@r3vm.dsd.trw.com>
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- Reply-To: philip@vogon.cetia.fr (Philip Peake)
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- In article <1682D90F8.JWEST@r3vm.dsd.trw.com>, JWEST@r3vm.dsd.trw.com (Judson West) writes:
- |> In article <1992Jul22.213329.28979@cs.mun.ca>
- |> roger@odie.cs.mun.ca (Roger White) writes:
- |>
- |> >I own an RCA VCR model # VMT295, this is a stereo VCR. We sent it in for
- |> >repairs around a 1.5 months ago
- |> >(Tape wouldn't eject, turn on VCR immediately turns off by itself).
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- 1) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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- |> >We recieved it back and noticed a "little" problem,
- |> >the first tape we played had a snowy screen. This problem rectified itself
- |> >after 10 minutes through... we thought nothing of it.
- |> >
- |> >A few days later we noticed it again, this time it stayed snowy longer...
- |> >we phoned the VCR clinic, they said dirty heads; bring it in whenever you
- |> >can for a free cleaning. The problem went away again so we forgot about
- |> >getting the heads cleaned.
- |> >
- |> >The third time this happened we phoned him again, they said dirty heads...
- |> >we brought the machine down and they cleaned the heads but the problem wasn't
- |> >fixed. They could temporarily fix it by touching an IC so they concluded the IC
- |> >was at fault and they would repair it (Free of charge since their original
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- 2) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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- |> >work had a 6 month guarantee).
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- |> My feeling is that you brought it in for a "snowy" problem. Their solution
- |> was to clean the heads. This did not fix the original problem. They either
- |> owe you:
- |>
- |> 1) a refund on the original fix, or
- |> 2) a credit towards the "real" fix, or
- |> 3) the "real" fix at no charge.
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- Original problem was nothing to do with snowy picture (see 1).
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- There is nothing to credit on a free fix (see 2).
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- How about READING before posting ?
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- Philip
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