Monday, July 06, 2009

#PanasonicEmailFAIL: Trying to Contact Panasonic About my Comatose HD Cam and Look What Happens...



So, my HDC-SD9 HD camera started flashing the dreaded "PUSH THE RESET

SWITCH" error that plagues so many Panasonic camcorders old and new.

It happened as I tried to shoot footage of the 4th of July fireworks

over the Hudson, too--gotta love that timing! Anyway, so couldn't get

it to go away permanently, so today I emailed support as I've had my

SD9 for all of six months.



The image attached to this post shows an annoying inconsistency on

Panasonic's website.



Turns out, they trick you into thinking that email might get you a

perfectly timely response to your question, by saying up front that

you'll hear back in a day. Then, once you've submitted your email,

they inform you that you should expect a reply in 2-3 days.



Well, crap, for that long I'll sit on the phone and wait on hold for a while.



Thanks Panny! Wasting my time with a gamey cam and now getting

warranty support. Hooray!



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