From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Jul 19 14:58:33 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from PacHell.TelcoSucks.org (PacHell.TelcoSucks.org [207.90.181.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8024937C047 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:58:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ulf@PacHell.TelcoSucks.org) Received: (from ulf@localhost) by PacHell.TelcoSucks.org (8.9.3/8.9.1) id OAA85778; Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:57:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ulf) Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:57:44 -0700 From: Ulf Zimmermann To: Peter Radcliffe Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sony laptop repair ? Message-ID: <20000719145744.E79232@PacHell.TelcoSucks.org> Reply-To: ulf@Alameda.net References: <200007192055.VAA37668@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> <20000719172809.G18295@pir.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20000719172809.G18295@pir.net>; from pir@pir.net on Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 05:28:09PM -0400 Organization: Alameda Networks, Inc. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 05:28:09PM -0400, Peter Radcliffe wrote: > Brian Somers probably said: > > could buy an up-to-date model for about that and didn't believe that > > the drive or motherboard were faulty, they charged me #90 to get the > > bits back (including battery which I really shouldn't have sent along > > in the first place). > > > > The moral ? Assume the worst I think. Agree a price up front before > > sending them anything. > > I was told you can't get a quote before you send it off :/ > > It's looking more and more like I'll be buying a refurb Z505 and > keeping an eye on ebay for a 505T* with a dead motherboard/whatever > that I can swipe the screan from and repair it myself, later. Tried to find the part number of the screen itself and just try to buy it ? May take a bit of time, but over the years I made good success that way. > > *sigh* > > THanks, > P. > > -- > pir pir@pir.net pir@net.tufts.edu > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message