Home Theater Equipment Hates Me

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Tuesday, November 06 2007, 2:26 PM

So, in an eerie repeat of what happened approximately 9 months ago, my receiver decided to die. It died in the exact same fashion as it did previously, with all S-Video related video channels going south. I'm really getting tired of this crap. I have all of my Home Theater crap running through one of those overly expensive Monster surge supressing and line conditioning power strips, so I can't really believe that my stuff keeps dying due to bad power. Whatever it is, it's pissing me off.

I took it into Circuit City today to get it fixed. This is the third time that it's been taken in and subsequently sent off to their repair centers for the exact same issue. I told the lady at the desk that I wanted a replacement, and as expected, she said that she couldn't do that without receiving a notification from the repair center that it was beyond repair. Talk about crap.

Does anyone know if there is some sort of lemon law that covers stuff like this?

Comments

Phil :: 11/06/2007, 4:09 pm :: Reply

Well, there is always 480 - 3 phase. That should make it beyond repair. Ask the nice lady if she would like her new car to go into the shop three times for the same thing and have to walk to work.

Mike Neir :: 11/09/2007, 11:45 pm :: Reply

Too late now... it's in their hands. Hopefully they read the last technician's notes carefully, and just replace whatever they need to replace. I really don't feel like waiting another two months like I did last time.

sneezer :: 11/10/2007, 9:16 am :: Reply

a tidbit of trivia: onkyo is Japanese for 'sound'.

Phil :: 11/13/2007, 4:24 pm :: Reply

Which doesn't mean that the video portion has to work.

Phil :: 11/13/2007, 4:28 pm :: Reply

P.S. They just put video features in to trap the unwary.

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