A few months ago, my 2 year old thought my laptop was thirsty.
A massive episode ensued, but eventually everything worked out (as they tend to do). During the fiasco, people mentioned being willing to buy the laptop for the current retail value, minus the cost of repairs.
I’ve just received repair info from Sony, and they say the cost will be about 1000$ to repair it completely (though they can have it up and running for about 400$, they just can’t guarantee that the keyboard’ll work properly).
The value of the laptop right now is about 2000$ (all of these prices are Canadian).
So, if anyone still wants to buy this laptop, you can take it off my hands for 750$ (I’ll leave some leeway there, in case Sony’s pricing is off, as sometimes happens). I’ll also throw in the laptop bag (in the burgundy, retail value of 70$ CDN), the multi-charger (car, plane, fits ALL laptops, and multiple outlet sizes, retail value 100$ CDN) and a Wi-Fi finder (retail value 50$) for free, since I have no use for them.
For US folk, XE.net says 750CDN is about 615$ US, so let’s just say an even 600$.
The laptop, just for the record, is a Sony Vaio PCG-K23 laptop, fully loaded (80GB HDD, 1GB RAM, DVD ROM/CD burner). It’s a fantastic machine. Best computer I’ve ever owned, and the BestBuy warranty should be valid for another 2 years or so on top of that.
So, all in all you’re getting at least 2500$ worth of gear for 750$ (plus repair costs).
Let me know if you’re interested either by commenting here or dropping me an email.
July 11th, 2005 at 1:41 pm
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July 8th, 2005 at 8:02 pm
If there’s a Best Buy warranty why won’t the store fix it? (N.B. I’m too lazy to read the original post you linked).
July 8th, 2005 at 8:15 pm
Sam, water was spilled on it, which:
1. The warranty doesn’t cover
2. They will fix, but they’ll just ship it to Sony and then charge a premium on top of that for the trouble
July 10th, 2005 at 8:59 pm
Do they not have the Geek Squad that they are so proud of in the US in Canada yet? At least pop out the hard-drive, and try to use that.
July 11th, 2005 at 11:26 am
Not in the market for a laptop at the moment, but this sure pierced the bubble of naivete my wife and I had been living under by leaving both of our Powerbooks on our coffee table while our two sons under 2.5 years of age toddled around the room. We’ve been lulled into a false sense of security believing that they just ‘know’ not to touch Mommy and Daddy’s computers. But after reading your post, I’m thinking this is a very, very bad practice. Time to move them to higher ground, methinks.
Based on previous experience; Sony’s pretty good about fixing their own equipment so I’m sure whomever is smart enough to take your deal will make out very well.