Battery Recalls might cost Sony

[SpOoNmAn]

Ouch

TOKYO -- Japanese computer makers Toshiba, Fujitsu and Hitachi said Monday they are considering seeking compensation from Sony Corp. over the massive recall of Sony-made batteries used in their laptop computers.

Toshiba Corp., which is recalling 830,000 Sony battery packs, said it is considering various measures including seeking compensation for lost business or damage to its brand image as a result of the recall.

''We are considering various possibilities, but we have not made a final decision,'' company spokeswoman Junko Furuta said.

Fujitsu announced last week that it would replace 51,000 more Sony-made laptop batteries around the world, in addition to the recall of 287,000 others earlier this month.

The largest recalls have been by Dell Inc., with 4.2 million batteries affected, and Apple Computer Inc., with 1.8 million batteries. Sony expects costs of at least $170 million related to the Dell and Apple recalls.

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[Jon Liu]

Holy 'Not-Good-News-For-Sony' Batman!!!

[dmiller68]

These guys can't even make a battery pack and people expect the PS3 to be glitch free. I have found this to be insane. We are not even talking about the hundreds of thousands of man hours lost for IT groups to make sure all there batteries have been checked. This is as bad as a major virus!! I'm not a SOny hater but I hope there are some major lawsuits that come out of this. Poor manufactoring is never acceptable this is why you have QA!!

[MadBryan]

There goes the PSP price drop I was expecting at Xmas

[SpOoNmAn]

Originally Posted by MadBryan

There goes the PSP price drop I was expecting at Xmas

This is another reason why they are forcing consumers to buy sony branded ps3 component and hdmi cables and not offering it in the box, they need to make every penny possible and accessories is the best approach.

[Crippler]

We got hit with the Dell battery recall at work. Nice QA they had on those batteries. How do millions of batteries slip by?

[BiffCo]

Is this company the real world Luthercorp (Sony)? And is their head man the real world Lex Luthor (Kenny K.)?

I'm beginning to think so. If that's the case, then we have a real world Clark Kent right here (Spoonman).

Go fight some evil-villian scum, Spoonerman! (That really didn't sound right...)

-Brad

[SpOoNmAn]

Hahahahaha

That just lifted my spirits, thanks much bro! My Uncle wants to cut grass today even though its raining and 45 out, Im not very happy...but that helped

[Jon Liu]

lol! Spoonerman!

his alter ego is a mild-mannered K-Mart Worker. When trouble comes afoot, he rips his tear-away pants off revealing his stylish green PGL thong with a big letter 'P' right on his crotch!

[SpOoNmAn]

Originally Posted by Jon Liu

lol! Spoonerman!

his alter ego is a mild-mannered K-Mart Worker. When trouble comes afoot, he rips his tear-away pants off revealing his stylish green PGL thong with a big letter 'P' right on his crotch!

[KEEZY]

Agreed. And GE is Umbrella Corp. 4sho!

[SpOoNmAn]

Originally Posted by Big Brad

Is this company the real world Luthercorp (Sony)? And is their head man the real world Lex Luthor (Kenny K.)?

-Brad

BRAD, after reading this a second time, something popped into my wittle head.

You mention Kenny K. Why go that route? Isn't Lex bald? Why not use the Director himself, Phil Harrison to play the role?



Bahahahahaha

Just more proof that Brad may be onto something.

[SpOoNmAn]

Brad is partly to blame for this, although my boredom is the main reason(as well as my perverse hatred for you know who).....

[MadBryan]

What about J. Allard, he's bald. OOOOOO I see, "VILLIANS" I'm a tard sometimes

[KEEZY]

J is so bald. I'm glad I wasn't at E3... I would have gotten kicked out for rubbing his bald ass head.

[Peench]

I don't think he was there... ? Cripp?