Originally Posted by
Kagehitokiri
wonder how sony works for products sold outside US / north america.
Me, too. Hard to believe they'd pull this crap in Japan
Originally Posted by
Kagehitokiri
presumably not mac, but there is applecare plus joint venture
(joint venture includes loaner from apple store. may have before/after hours access to apple store/genius bar as well.)
I thought all Apple Care service, including extended, is done only by Apple. Is this incorrect?
Originally Posted by
cordelli
Do you have any concerns about data privacy and data retention requirements?
No problem, attorney work product, and attorney-client privileged information.
Originally Posted by
cordelli
I believe however that most of the majors will say something like service provided by <<name of company>> technicians or authorized service provider, so if it's important to you not to use a third party make sure to check and double check.
You may well be right although Sony did not say this at the time of my purchase. (They do now but they have changed to a different service contractor.)
This is the reason for my post. I'd like to know which companies are doing their own service.