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From: andrew@orca.UUCP (Andrew Klossner)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Customer Release Battery Replacement
Message-ID: <1197@orca.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 2-Dec-84 02:29:34 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec  2 02:29:34 1984
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With regard to changing the battery in a Casio calculator watch, it can
be a very difficult and risky procedure.  For some reason, Casio
decided not to make it easy to remove the back of the watch.  You have
to exert a lot of force to pry it out, but at the same time you have to
be careful about all the parts that can't take any force.  One slip and
the watch is useless.

	"Is this becoming common?  What it says is that if Page
	demolishes my watch, leaving molten slag in my case, that it's
	my fault for picking them to work on it in the first place.
	Can they get away with this?"

What do you mean, "get away with it"?  The jeweler is saying that they
are not sure that they can open the watch without breaking it, but that
if you want to risk it, they'll give it a shot.  What more would you
have them do -- promise to replace it, for the price of a lousy battery?
When you hadn't even bought the watch from them in the first place?

  -- Andrew Klossner   (decvax!tektronix!orca!andrew)       [UUCP]
                       (orca!andrew.tektronix@csnet-relay)  [ARPA]