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Bought this 8500 nonx50 new in Sep 01 and it has been great. Was sent in for repairs back in 2006(?) for constant ka falsing.
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Well, it has started again giving weak Ka alert about every 5 min when nothing is around, also weak k false alert.
How much is escort charging for repair these days? Anyone think its not a good idea to get repaired again? Wonder if they will slip me a new x50 board in there instead of repairing mine?
I believe it is 59 bucks, but double check, I think Bels are more money might be 79 bucks. As for board chances are no, if they can not fix it by a strange chance I bet they would offer you the upgrade program.Quote:
Originally Posted by karl56
I sent my old 8500 to be updated ($79) and bought a 9500I, it sounds like its time for you to upgrade to a new RD.
I have the X50 in another vehicle.
I can't justify the new RD; only 5 miles to work each way and all through country driving. No agressive radar traps in use. Even going to town, bet I have less that 3 radar encounters in a month.
The 8500 has served me well. I noticed that the false beeping does not always occur. Will probably send it in later this week.
What is warranty on repairs?
i believe its 1 yr.Quote:
Originally Posted by karl56
it's 59.99 just finish talking to them about this stuff i have to send a blue to get the screen repair.
Going to get an new Blue 9500I in a few days. Blue displays on any product i have seen always have problems, i hope im lucky.
Do you mean 8500 blue? not the 9500i blue, because the 9500 blue would still be under warranty.Quote:
Originally Posted by elcapy
Actually it's a x50 blue but i had to open it and look at it so decided to try and fix it my self and it works like a champ now i love it, i bought it with the led apart from the main board so i took a chance and got my soldering iron out and try well guess what it worked and now i have a x50 blue for 100 dollars.
Called CS at Escort today and they originally quoted me $79.95 for repairs. Emailed me later and said they would do it for $40.
Since I'm a long time customer, I guess they gave me a break.
I'm shipping it out tomorrow.
My 8500 has been false alarming a lot recently - it just alarms and keeps on going for a long time - turning it off and on again fixes the problem for a short while.
Called CS and they told me a flat fee of $79.99 to fix it or they would offer a credit of $80 against a new X50. I asked about reduced repair fee as a long time escort owner (back to the Cinci-Microwave days) but no $40 special!
So either get it repaired for $80 or for an extra $140 I get the new X50. It doesn't sound like the X50 is worth it, but past experience with repaired things needing repair again tells me a new one might be a better bet. Any comments?
Dayum, they must be needing the money. They were the ones who mentioned doing it for $40; I would have gladly paid $80. I guess it was my lucky day.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikepa