Sony Digicam - junky build quality

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I bought a Sony Cybershot DCS-P150 but took it back to store after a few
weeks because the paint had started to flake off the plastic body in
some high-wear places, such as the on/off button, exposing a junky white
plastic body beneath. This is totally unacceptable in a camera costing
this much! Twenty years ago I bought a Pentax SLR for $200 and it was
constructed so well (of metal with engraved markings) that today it
still looks mint, despite a lot of use. These days manufacturers expect
you to pay as much or more and deliver chrome-painted plastic trash,
with the markings painted on too.

I might add that at my local Best Buy, this camera's on/off switch was
also denuded of paint in an area, and to make matters worse, it would
not function! The assistant at the store said it was a junky product,
and I had to agree.

Sony, you've lost a digicam customer.

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leo wrote:
> Paintblot wrote:
>
>> I bought a Sony Cybershot DCS-P150 but took it back to store after a
>> few weeks because the paint had started to flake off the plastic body
>> in some high-wear places, such as the on/off button, exposing a junky
>> white plastic body beneath. This is totally unacceptable in a camera
>> costing this much! Twenty years ago I bought a Pentax SLR for $200 and
>> it was constructed so well (of metal with engraved markings) that
>> today it still looks mint, despite a lot of use. These days
>> manufacturers expect you to pay as much or more and deliver
>> chrome-painted plastic trash, with the markings painted on too.
>>
>> I might add that at my local Best Buy, this camera's on/off switch was
>> also denuded of paint in an area, and to make matters worse, it would
>> not function! The assistant at the store said it was a junky product,
>> and I had to agree.
>>
>> Sony, you've lost a digicam customer.
>
>
>
> Glad you mentioned TWENTY YEARS AGO - If you think the purchasing power
> of $200 nowadays is the same as 20 years ago, you might as well continue
> to use your Pentax SLR forever.

Alright, smarty, tell me: how much does a basic film SLR cost today?

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"Stewy" <anyone4tennis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> In article <tP5Xd.97145$bu.66784@fed1read06>,
> Paintblot <sssssssssssff@ef.com> wrote:
>


>Twenty years ago I bought a Pentax SLR for $200 and it was
> > constructed so well (of metal with engraved markings) that today it
> > still looks mint, despite a lot of use.

Yes, but $200 twenty years ago is worth many more times that amount in
today's dollars.

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On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 15:53:00 -0800, Paintblot <sssssssssssff@ef.com>
wrote:

>I bought a Sony Cybershot DCS-P150 but took it back to store after a few
>weeks because the paint had started to flake off the plastic body in
>some high-wear places, such as the on/off button, exposing a junky white
>plastic body beneath. This is totally unacceptable in a camera costing
>this much!
>Twenty years ago I bought a Pentax SLR for $200 and it was
>constructed so well (of metal with engraved markings) that today it
>still looks mint, despite a lot of use.

Fifteen years ago I bought a SLR that's in the same condition. Now, it
sits in the back of the closet, unused.
Lot of good it is that it still looks like new, eh?
>These days manufacturers expect
>you to pay as much or more and deliver chrome-painted plastic trash,
>with the markings painted on too.
>
>I might add that at my local Best Buy, this camera's on/off switch was
>also denuded of paint in an area, and to make matters worse, it would
>not function! The assistant at the store said it was a junky product,
>and I had to agree.
>
>Sony, you've lost a digicam customer.

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