Re: Sony ICF 2002

You are right on the money with that one! Their products are excellent, but once past about 5 to 7 years old, or sometimes sooner, the parts are very hard to find. This is the one thing that disappoints me with Sony products.

I have some Panasonic products, and even when they were more than 10 years old, I had less problems to find the parts. I will soon be considering an HDTV. I like the Sony sets, but I also considering a Panasonic because of the parts problems after the 5 year period.

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You've both discovered one of the biggest problems with Sony and some other Asian electronics brands. They decide when it's time for their customers to buy a new model by making parts unavailable for the previous models.

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But those asian manufacturers are very smart. See, California has what's called a Lemon Law. This requires manufacturers to carry repair parts for a certain length of time. See section 1793.03 in the following URL:

So in return, the manufacturers put spare parts in some warehouse, and then priced them so high that it's cheaper to buy a new appliance than it is to purchase the spare parts!!

Those parts will sit there in the warehouse until the day the company no longer needs them to cover their legal obligations.