'Beware of Digitec and Panasonic' Technology  

Beware of Digitec and Panasonic

Tags: digital_camera, lack_of_service

Kees from Panama -

My Lumix digital camera broke down six weeks after arrival from my Miami mail box. Panasonic Panama lost no time in telling me the camera was not coverd by any warranty here. Even though a search on the internet shows that I am not the only one with that particular problem of that particular camera.

Repairs are outsourced to Digitec. These guys took one month to tell me that the repair would cost $ 275 and take four weeks. I am now waiting four weeks and after being told a coupe of times that the spare part would arrive ´tomorrow´, I found out via someone in Panasoni that the spare part is going to arrive on 15 December, by ship from Japan.

The employees of Digitec are lazy, and lie through their teeth to their customers. Avoid by all means possible. As for Panasonic: don´t touch their products, not even with a barge pole.

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Reply #1 Danielle from Somewhere over the rainbow -

I too had a bad experience with Panasonic, a TV though. The brain of the TV died after 4 months later, they serviced it. Then 4 months after that the tube of the TV died! I fought and fought with them for over 3 months, finally resulting in the newer model TV. I have a feeling I got a Display model TV. But it was a nightmare with Panasonic trying to get my New TV Fixed or at least replaced!

Never had to deal with Digitech though. Thanks for the info!

Reply #2 ReeseW from USA -

Really, I always thought that panasonic was good brand but I will beware after the warnings. Isn't Digitec a generic brand? I don't use brands that are not well known. My TV that I took to college was a Masonic and the picture plays good on the set.

Reply #3 MsBeth2U from Deep South, Ga -

Yeah, I had a bad experience with a Panasonic. I bought a Panasonic from Wilmar on sale during the after Thanksgiving sale. I still have the TV and I'm waiting for it to go out any day. The TV blanks on and off when you are watching a program.

Reply #4 Danielle from Somewhere over the rainbow -

Reese ... I originally bought a Toshiba 34" HDTV Widescreen ... But the salesman about 3 weeks later convinced me to "trade up" to a Panasonic cause it was reliable ... well it wasn't...

Toshiba I think is a good brand (personally)

and Sony you can't go wrong with

Be sure if you make a large purchase (IE TV) get a good warranty .. you CAN bargain with the sales guy to get free extended. You just have to know how to talk! ;)

Reply #5 Karen from Texas -

Oh no! We have a Panasonic TV that we bought right after Thanksgiving and seriously I thought there was something wrong with our cable, now I'm thinking it's more of our TV's problem.

Reply #6 RiverQueen from Universal Studios -

I always thought Panasonic was a good brand to buy. I didn't realize it was associated with Panama.

The only thing I ever had that was Panasonic was a microwave oven. It was given to me as house warming gift and after 3 years it blew up and also the socket where it was plugged blew at the same time so I thought it was the plug that did it and besides the warranty was over.

But now that I read this I think maybe it was the microwave and not the outlet that caused it.

The microwave I have now I've had for about 7 years and it is plugged into the same outlet albeit the outlet was replaced.

Reply #7 Tracy from Canada -

Panasonic is a great brand of cordless phone. I never heard that it was the brand to buy with TVs. I've bought several Maganvox TVs over the years with no problems, our 65" HDTV is a Mitsubishi and is wonderful, the JVC is great, and the other big screen is a Pioneer.

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