On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 10:38 AM, M.L. wrote: > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Herbert Graf wrote: > > Unfortunately the compressor is under warranty. As such, I have to use > > certain service people, and since the problem only happens rarely (so > > far) all calling them will produce is a bill for $150 and a "nothing is > > wrong sir" result. > > This idea would make some people squirm: you could make sure there was > something wrong with the compressor. Merely a minor moral infraction > if you know the compressor is defective. > > -- > Martin K. > -- > I would never do something like that. Certainly not if I bought a lemon of a laptop (with extended warranty) that needed a motherboard replacement 16 days after I bought it (conveniently 2 days after the the store return policy). And certainly not if the manufacturer serviced it another three times in 7 months before going out of business. And I wouldn't dream of it after the extended warranty people had it another four times before _they_ went out of business and was bought out by a different company. And it would be unthinkable to do something lik= e that after sending it to the new company _three times in two weeks_ with a complaint of "will not boot past POST" and getting back "works fine, could not duplicate problem". Yeah, after an experience like that, I'd never use jumper clips and hook mains voltage to various places on the motherboard before sending it back a fourth time. That would be morally questionable. But it did come back with a new motherboard that time. :-) True story (to the best of my recollection from 10+ years ago). -Denny --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .