I guess they are taking a punt that it is fairly easy to repair.


More likely, they'll just bin it when it arrives. It isn't worth their time, trouble, and expense to repair an obsolete amplifer, and even if they did -- what would they do with it then? They can't sell a used amplifier...

I'd guess that the $125 represents their cost on the replacement amplifier, and what they're doing is gaining a lot of customer satisfaction at no out-of-pocket expense to them.

tanstaafl.