Mark Fortune wrote:
This is why I never buy sony - $50 for a fan

Did you really get a fan from Sony for such low price as $50?
Gongratulations! In a Finnish electronics group
(sfnet.harrastus.elektroniikka), there was a case being discussed where
Sony charged over €60 for a just basic screw! (Though it was labelled
as a special Sony screw, of course :-)

And yes - the over €60 (can't recall the exact value) price was the
price which Sony had charged when the authorized service of the Finnish
importer had ordered it.