[AT] Right to repair

James Peck jamesgpeck at hotmail.com
Sun Mar 8 07:45:30 PDT 2020


Service Manual for 2019 F150 shown as costing $186 plus tax and shipping.

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On 2019-11-21 6:10 a.m., bradloomis at charter.net<mailto:bradloomis at charter.net> wrote:

Not being a farmer but a maintenance mechanic who repairs all manner of items I’ve read with interest the comments on this list about “Right to repair” and the big manufacturers. Today’s NY Times has an editorial on just that as it relates to the military. Our tax dollars at work, against us. Not sure, you may need a subscription to read but jeez, what a mess. Send equipment back to the States from the battlefield because the Marines can’t repair their equipment.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/opinion/military-right-to-repair.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_191121?campaign_id=2&instance_id=13923&segment_id=18966&user_id=57181594d83579e309e3a0907875e753&regi_id=26359631121

Brad


That is just one more reason I'm happy to be running older machinery and vehicles built before y2k.

Ralph in Sask.
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