"Bruce Esquibel" wrote in message
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| They just want you to buy a new one.
|
| We had a managed 24 port ethernet switch made by 3Com. We paid around $800
| for it from a local retailer. It broke. Called 3Com for a repair estimate,
| they wanted $1300 for an outright exchange (we needed to send it back).
|
| Same switch, slightly better model (web interface for config) was still
$799
| from the local retailer.
|
| Just doesn't make sense, $1300 for a referb?
|
| Probably some logic on sales count, repairs don't to the bottom line.

SMC routers may be crap but at least their warranty seems to be better.

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