Cambridge Audio DVD repairs?
My Cambridge Audio Azur 540D dvd player is going to have it's first birthday within a month or two, but already the digital out has basically crapped out on me (after half an hour of play signal is totally lost through the coax and mostly mangled through optical.) Since Cambridge products come with only a 90 day warranty and it's not something my dealer will fix in house I will be having to ship it back to cambridge (through my dealer) for them to fix it.
Does anyone have any experience with this? Could you give me some idea of how long it might take or how much it might cost?
The main reason i'm asking this is that i'm not sure if i really feel like dropping more than $100 repairing a $300 dvd player which other people seem to have had so many problems with that i worry that as soon as i get it back something else will crop up (this is what really bit me in the ass with my ill-fated onkyo dual-deck cdr.)
The dealer is also quite a drive from where i live and if my player will be gone for that long i will have to go back to using my toshiba for god knows how long(which is getting on 5 years old and is having trouble reading discs and making layer changes.) Frankly if i bother to make the drive out to my dealer i feel like maybe i should just bite the bullet and buy a knew (and hopefully more dependable) piece of gear.
thanks for any advice
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A Sucker on Ebay will buy it as described!
If worse comes to worse, a sucker on Ebay will buy it from you for a fairly good price just if you list it as described. I'd try to play down the bad things but definately list the problem and make sure you put on your listing the magic words "buy as is" this way the guy who thinks he's getting a bargain when he finds how much it costs to repair won't send it back to you as a fraudulent sale. You'll be surprised at how many people pay relatively good money for broken stereo equipment on Ebay. I myself, almost bought something broken but I was advised here that it could cost so much to fix it wasn't worth it, so I'll only buy used stuff in very good or better condition on Ebay from reputable sellers.
Usually when I buy from a store I get more than a 3 month warranty. That's a bit bizarre.