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Cobra VHF Repair

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  • 10-08-2015 3:01pm
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    pullandbang
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    Maybe not the right forum but does anyone in here know where I might get a handheld Cobra Marine VHF radio repaired? It's fairly new but bought in USA so not feasible to return it. Must be a repair centre here in Ireland somewhere?


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    thelordgod
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    If you are not prepared to pay for postage then you are not going to get someone to fix it for you either. Unfortunately labour costs vs replacement costs mean that it is often cheaper to buy a new one than repair and as such there aren't many doing repairs any more. Also the modern habit of buying abroad and means that shop after shop is forced to close leaving nowhere to get stuff fixed here. Cobra won't honour the warranty anyway as you are not living in the US. Try contacting their UK office to see if they have any repair centres 
    cobraeurope.eu/support


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    pullandbang
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 4,948 ✭✭✭pullandbang


    thelordgod wrote: »
    If you are not prepared to pay for postage then you are not going to get someone to fix it for you either.

    And where did I say I wasn't prepared to pay for postage?
    thelordgod wrote: »
    Cobra won't honour the warranty anyway as you are not living in the US.

    Did I mention warranty? I simply asked if there was anyone here doing repairs.
    thelordgod wrote: »
    Try contacting their UK office to see if they have any repair centres

    Thank you. You've been most helpful.


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    watty
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    Likely repair is more costly than a new one unless it's something simple.

    I don't do repairs any more of modern stuff as success rate is too low and charging properly just for the time to take apart and reassemble some miniature sets would be over €50.


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    thelordgod
    Registered Users Posts: 213 ✭✭thelordgod


    Lynn Communications in Mullingar do repairs to commercial 2 way radios. It might be worth a call if its a decent radio.


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    humaxf1
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    https://www.google.com/search?q=cobra+electronics+dun+laoghaire&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8


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    pullandbang
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    humaxf1 wrote: »
    https://www.google.com/search?q=cobra+electronics+dun+laoghaire&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

    It's winging it's way to them as we speak.... :)


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    humaxf1
    Registered Users Posts: 865 ✭✭✭humaxf1


    Cool-a-boola

    A colleague of mine found them very helpful in the past for marine VHF software

    Hope they can sort you out.


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