repair price, flat rate from Sony?
 

Hi Mike,
thanks for the reply. Any idea what that flat rate is?
I went to the Sony site, and you can e-mail in a 'work order estimate', I'm not sure what will do for me, but maybe they will give some kind of estimate. The place is in Pennsylvania, not far from me. Sony does not make it easy to find out about repair costs, there are no phone numbers, just the web contact. We'll soon find out!