Dangerous to repair a laser printer?

Oh and on a side note, I think ive just been conned out of my iMac.

It's suppose to go in for repair today and apple said someone would collect it. Sure enough someone did come at 07:40 this morning. He looked sneaky, greeted me with 'you got a parcel that needs collecting?', but before I could say yes, he took my iMac, no receipt, no labels and no ID. There was no time to argue, he had driven off at speed before I'd woken up and realised what had just happened... : /
 
OzyOly said:
Oh and on a side note, I think ive just been conned out of my iMac.

It's suppose to go in for repair today and apple said someone would collect it. Sure enough someone did come at 07:40 this morning. He looked sneaky, greeted me with 'you got a parcel that needs collecting?', but before I could say yes, he took my iMac, no receipt, no labels and no ID. There was no time to argue, he had driven off at speed before I'd woken up and realised what had just happened... : /
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Phone the company who was doing the repair and get the name of their courier, if they have not picked it up call the Police directly.
 
Castiel said:
Phone the company who was doing the repair and get the name of their courier, if they have not picked it up call the Police directly.
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I rang apple who gave me the number for their contractor. I gave them a call and they couldn't confirm that it was them, but said not to worry, that it is most likely them that collected it. Reassuring :p
 
I repaired a HP 4200n printer which had a fried PSU. The part was around £250 or so, which wasn't really viable at the time. I had to get some values for some zener diodes from a working 4200. The printer had to be on to see what the reverse voltages were, unfortunately I slipped with the meter probes and got a nice 360v shock. That was fun. I did fix it in the end for about £25 + my time.

It the voltages and more importantly the heat from the fuser unit you need to really look out for.
 
Borrish said:
I have no doubt that what the posted link is saying is true, but how exactly are you supposed to prove that you haven't broken it?
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Depends when it happened. But my point was mainly "x month warranty" is rendered moot under UK SOGA for one. If you buy a £2000 tv - it should far outlive it's "12 month" warranty.
 
I once fixed a huge Canon Multifunction (it was 4 feet tall I swear) and the most dangerous part was almost falling down the fire escape stairs with it :o
 
I've been over and over it. There is no visible sensor that tells the scanner where it's strip is. Bit clueless to what has broken.... :o
 
dustofnations said:
I believe after the warranty period is over, the burden of proof is on the consumer, rather than the manufacturer?
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It is, hence 'when'. But if it's a common fault I just mail them print outs of a couple of dozen forum pages :D. Hasn't not worked yet. Works best with Apple - they're ******* for "out of warranty" repairs. I'm up to my fifth laptop repair now (virtually everything has been replaced on it) after 3 yrs, 1yr "warranty".
 
meghatronic said:
It is, hence 'when'. But if it's a common fault I just mail them print outs of a couple of dozen forum pages :D. Hasn't not worked yet. Works best with Apple - they're ******* for "out of warranty" repairs. I'm up to my fifth laptop repair now (virtually everything has been replaced on it) after 3 yrs, 1yr "warranty".
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The penchant for engineering goods to have a MTTF that is just outside the warranty window is pretty disgraceful. Encourages consumerism though doesn't it...
 
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