hi chris,
i just took it to an apple dealer here in melbourne and said "please fix".
i do know they sent it to sydney but not much else. it wasn't under
warranty as far as i know. i purchased it secondhand feb2000 - how long
were the warranties?
my theory:
this calibration problem isn't such a big issue but can't be fixed here in
australia so they gave me a replacement unit and mine went off to the US to
be fixed - perhaps somebody else will get it one day as a replacement unit
when the supplies are really low (since its already used).
i didn't know an exchange was AU$1800 (that's about US$850) - isn't that
the original list price?
ridiculous!!!
on another topic - are you able to get any prices from apple .au for emate
replacement parts? (i need a stylus)
hmmm - james - i would see if you can get a price from apple and proceed
with caution.
aaron
>Hello Aaron,
>
>How did u get Apple Aust. to replace it for free? Was it still under the
>extended warranty?
>
>Australian law dictates that a company must keep spare parts for obsolete
>equipment for a period of 10 years, which may explain why an exchange 2x00
>from Apple here is over $1,800.00 (and a keyboard $320.00).
>
>I would have assumed that that is what they would have charged you.
>
>Chris
>I have the opportunity to purchase a UMP2000 for under a 100 dollars.
>The catch is that on boot up, the following message appears:
>"This unit requires immediate repair. Factory calibration has been
>lost. It will not charge batteries until this problem is corrected."
>Other than that, it works fine. Is this a problem that should impede
>my quickly grabbing it up? Is it fixable?
>
>-James
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