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Miss UK
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Darm.. Have any of u had a major repair cost on a phone that wasn't warrantied anymore? I took my Siemens S55 along to CPW 8wks ago and only just got the bad news on the cost ahem 75GBP :-x .. The phones reception was buggered On it.. :-l:-( gunna collect it Sat :-x
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*Jojo*
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Whenever I decide to replace the whole covers of some vintage Ericsson fones that I were able to acquire recently-2nd hand, my bill was pegged at 4 or 5 times more than the actual amount i paid for the vintage fones, recently were that of the t39mc and t28s.
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Miss UK
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I Bought myphone of eBay afta xmas it cost me 45GBP, relised the reception was kak a few wks later so didn't tink it cost much but I was wrong :-(
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k700nut
Joined: Sep 29, 2004
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@missuk...sorry to hear about your s55....u know,that phone got me into it all.love the mmf playback..it's unsurpassed imo.good luck.@jn...long time no see mate.nice to see u using the owd 7650.
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govigov
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Why is it so costly to repair a phone? It will only cost approx 2£ on service + parts extra.
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k700nut
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@govigov....Does "rip off britain" ring any bells?
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*Jojo*
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@k700nut-Yup, nice to see you here again mate! Looks like you are also browsing via WAP using your Nokia. I was so glad that our local network-SMART, now has lifted it's ban from the Esato site. I am not used in buying merchandise in the net-Ebay and the like. Chances are you will be fooled when trading/buying more often than not!
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upper
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On 2005-03-23 02:02:07, miss uk wrote:
Darm.. Have any of u had a major repair cost on a phone that wasn't warrantied anymore? I took my Siemens S55 along to CPW 8wks ago and only just got the bad news on the cost ahem 75GBP  .. The phones reception was buggered On it.. :-l:-( gunna collect it Sat
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if i was you i wouldnt pick it up, i would leave it, unless if you think its worth paying for it. |
vanquish
Joined: Mar 20, 2003
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Did you ask them to repair it?
They should have given you a quote first... argue miss uk, let your mouth go! Demand your phone, and dont pay 
Its annoying, but i would leave it. After all 75 quid could be the difference between a K700 and a K750 
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johnmcl7
Joined: Oct 29, 2002
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That is a silly amount of money, but completely standard unfortunately - if it's a known fault (such as the screens with older Nokias) then you're best finding someone independent to fix it where the charges are far more reasonable.
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bluesign2k
Joined: Oct 18, 2004
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Yeh, as @vanquish said, theyre meant to give you a quote first then ask if you still want it fixed.
I suggest you go to CPW, ask to look at it to see if it has been fixed, then grab your phone and run away *VERY* fast 
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Miss UK
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CPW never rang me about the quote on repair they were supposed to but didn't, they have'nt officially rang me to collect the phone neither, I asked at another cpw shop about it and they checked on there database and told me it was ready and it would cost me 75GBP 20 of that is part of the engineers cost! As much as id luv to just leave it I can't that phone was my ultimate phone back inda day :-p
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*Jojo*
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On 2005-03-23 22:34:17, miss uk wrote:
CPW never rang me about the quote on repair they were supposed to but didn't, they have'nt officially rang me to collect the phone neither, I asked at another cpw shop about it and they checked on there database and told me it was ready and it would cost me 75GBP 20 of that is part of the engineers cost! As much as id luv to just leave it I can't that phone was my ultimate phone back inda day
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@missuk - Frankly my dear, you can just SUE them for that !
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Residentevil
Joined: Feb 29, 2004
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Yup get a quote first and then think long and hard about having it repaired or selling it and buying a new phone.
Tough times don't last, tough people do!
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*Jojo*
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On 2005-03-24 04:45:59, Residentevil wrote:
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@resident - Hmmm . . . looks like your last post has a double-meaning mate . . . Think - 'green' !
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