topic Why does a replacement hard drive for my laptop cost nearly £500 from a sony approved repairer in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.de/t5/pcs-accessories/why-does-a-replacement-hard-drive-for-my-laptop-cost-nearly-500/m-p/246435#M36849 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>My laptop is about 18 months old and the hard drive has failed.&nbsp; Took it to a sony approved repairer who wanted nearly £500 to repair it.&nbsp; The main cost was in the replacement hard drive from sony, it was nearly £400.&nbsp; I can't believe that sony can charge such silly prices for replacement parts.&nbsp; Made contact with sony who contacted me and said would ring again with a potential solution.&nbsp; Unfortunately never did receive that phonecall.&nbsp; Have since had it repaired for £104, the hard drive cost about £52.&nbsp; Have other sony customers had a similar experience?&nbsp; I shall definately think twice in future about purchasing a sony product</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:29:57 GMT mgiles 2011-09-14T18:29:57Z Why does a replacement hard drive for my laptop cost nearly £500 from a sony approved repairer https://community.sony.de/t5/pcs-accessories/why-does-a-replacement-hard-drive-for-my-laptop-cost-nearly-500/m-p/246435#M36849 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>My laptop is about 18 months old and the hard drive has failed.&nbsp; Took it to a sony approved repairer who wanted nearly £500 to repair it.&nbsp; The main cost was in the replacement hard drive from sony, it was nearly £400.&nbsp; I can't believe that sony can charge such silly prices for replacement parts.&nbsp; Made contact with sony who contacted me and said would ring again with a potential solution.&nbsp; Unfortunately never did receive that phonecall.&nbsp; Have since had it repaired for £104, the hard drive cost about £52.&nbsp; Have other sony customers had a similar experience?&nbsp; I shall definately think twice in future about purchasing a sony product</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:29:57 GMT https://community.sony.de/t5/pcs-accessories/why-does-a-replacement-hard-drive-for-my-laptop-cost-nearly-500/m-p/246435#M36849 mgiles 2011-09-14T18:29:57Z Why does a replacement hard drive for my laptop cost nearly £500 from a sony approved repairer https://community.sony.de/t5/pcs-accessories/why-does-a-replacement-hard-drive-for-my-laptop-cost-nearly-500/m-p/246437#M36850 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><DIV><P>Hi<SPAN class="jiveTT-hover-user jive-username-link"> mgiles</SPAN>,</P><P>welcome to Questions &amp; Asnwers..<SPAN __jive_emoticon_name="happy"></SPAN></P><P>I've&nbsp; passed your comments on to one of our contacts with Vaio support &amp;&nbsp; have been informed that hopefully some one should be in contact with you&nbsp; soon..<SPAN __jive_emoticon_name="happy"></SPAN></P></DIV></BODY></HTML> Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:02:46 GMT https://community.sony.de/t5/pcs-accessories/why-does-a-replacement-hard-drive-for-my-laptop-cost-nearly-500/m-p/246437#M36850 Thalamus. 2011-09-21T19:02:46Z