I believe that depend on the manufactures retail price of product when new. If its over $300 they must have parts for a longer period of time. Phillip R Hull STET phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx FAX 517--569-3075 Professional Technicians only ----- Original Message ----- From: "larry" <schntv@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 6:44 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: APEX AT2708S > i was told that now the manufacturer is only required to carry > parts until the warranty runs out. > Larry > > Wallyusmc1@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > > Hi gang, > > I'm extremely upset over this set. I need the EEprom, N001. I contacted > > APEX by FAX and waited two weeks for an answer. They finally said that I needed > > to order the entire board assembly. However, they did not tells me what the > > board number was nor did they give me a price. > > I was reading my email a couple of days later when someone recommended > > Vance-Baldwin as a source. I called them and they returned my call a week later and > > said the same thing. Order the board. They also didn't give me a number or > > price. > > I checked with Andrews Electronics and they also said the same thing > > I finally called APEX and after waiting for 45 minutes on their customer > > service line I was told to talk to parts. I called parts and explained that the > > set was manufactured in February 2003 and that all I needed was the EEPROM. > > She said she had no listing for that part and thought that I could get the > > board. After 15 minutes she came back to the line and stated that they didn't have > > that board on hand and that she would get back to me ASAP. Needless to say, > > I'm still waiting. > > Can't something be done about this company? I know that they are required by > > the Song-Beverly act to stock parts for seven years. > > Could this be the next KONKA? > > > > Walter Chambers > > Walt's TV/VCR Service > > 3753 Mission Ave, STE 117 > > Oceanside, CA 92054 > > 760-966-1213 > > 760-966-0891 FAX > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > > Lost Password: > > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > > Email Archives: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > -- > Schneider TV & Electronic Inc. > 5415 N. Wooster ave. > Dover, Ohio 44622 www.geocities.com/schntv2000/ > 330-343-0768 FCC. first class & Extra class K8WLY > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/