Tuesday, June 08, 2004

Electronics Repair For Dummies

About five weeks ago, my mobile phone handset stopped working entirely. The good people at Siemens, hearing of my plight (through the Siemens Sales and Repairs Information Line) sent me a pre-paid Jiffy bag so I could send it off to be repaired, and I did so, noting that the information on the outside of the envelope described the job as "Skill Level 0".

Today, my phone came back. Or rather, it didn't. Because apparently, a skill level 0 job involves doing nothing for a month and then sending the customer a new phone. I'm not complaining, you understand — this way I don't have all the little scratches, or the O2 logo — it just seems to be that a fault which the Internet assures me can be solved by having your phone "unlocked" for a couple of quid on the market shouldn't be beyond the grasp on people who fix the things for a living.

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