Fair to charge $123 to repair Clarion in-dash dvd player?

[Athrin]

Hi all,

 

I bought & installed my Clarion vrx756vd in-dash dvd player http://www.zerothree.com.au/clarion/VRX756VD_ZeroThree.pdf

on 28 apr 2006 at Pin Liang Enterprises for $1720nett.

(opposite Zouk, Blk92 Zion road, junction of Kim Seng & Havelock Rd)

They also charged another extra $100nett for a sony drawer box, sony mounting kit for Honda, hidden on/off switch & RCA cable

 

Warrenty is 1 year only. So now it

[Vid]

For a system that is coming to 5 yr old, the price of $123 repair on a $1700 system seems ok to me. It can be cheaper though but if it's fixed then let it be.

 

Just my 2cents.

[Lanevomax]

i bought something similar from panasonic for $680 , single din dvd player. yours seem very expensive. wonder can urs able to use thumb drive function to play avi file?

[Athrin]

Hi all,

 

Tue 11jan2011

[Athrin]

hi all,

 

thanks for all your feedback.

I have not installed it back yet.

The agent told me the warranty is only one month & said that's the industry practice to give only one month warranty...

[Silver_blade]

I find it reasonable.

 

RE:Pin Liang's installation charge. There cheaper ones around....but I'm not sure if the standard is the same.

[SimonTan]

Unless I really love the 5 years old set.

 

I would have just bought a newer HU.

 

[Tom_kkh]

if they repair without my knowledge, i wont pay.

 

anyways yr set served u well for 5 yrs, i would have rather get a new set than paying.

 

there are much better sets out there now

[Hoytusa84]

Pek kio li lian kiat audio charged me $300 for volume dial spoilt.. I smiled at him and walked out.. Rather get new HU..

[Help1]

if they did not get any consent from owner and repair it, does this constitutes a crime?

 

[Wolfy3769]

Hi all,

 

Tue 11jan2011

[Donut]

thats the problem with in-dash unit.... once spoilt, yr repair will be sky high. you either pay for the repair or buy new unit.

 

its best to get the normal HU. spoilt, just throw and get new one

[Athrin]

hi all,

 

thanks for all your feedback.

I have not installed it back yet.

 

My 1st concern is that I ask Pin Liang to quote me before repair. And I reminded them to call me before embarking on any repair.

 

My 2nd concern is that Pin Liang did not mention the total cost of removing & re-installing my in-dash player. (It was the Clarion Agent that told me after he soldered my player is that Pin Liang charges are on Pin Liang's website i.e remove $20 & install $50)

 

My 3rd concern is that the agent told me the warranty is only one month & said that's the industry practice to give only one month warranty...

 

My last & main concern is that if Pin Liang is not willing to lower abit their total labour cost of $70, what alternatives do i have?

 

tks