[Md-sligo] I'm back! plus question about brailler repair services?

[altmanb at gmail.com]

I had a brailler repaired by mailing it to Perkins in Massachusetts. I think I sent it free matter and they quoted me a price before doing the repair. 

Brian 

> On Jun 17, 2017, at 5:41 PM, Deborah Brown via MD-Sligo <md-sligo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Unfortunately, no one is repairing braillers locally.  One of my coworkers
> is taking the course at Perkins, but I don't know how much extra business
> she wants to take on.
> 
> Debbie
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MD-Sligo [mailto:md-sligo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle
> Silverman via MD-Sligo
> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2017 1:21 PM
> To: Sligo Creek Chapter list, NFB of Maryland <md-sligo at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Md-sligo] I'm back! plus question about brailler repair services?
> 
> Hi all,
> As some of you may recall, I moved to the DC area last summer and came to a
> Sligo Creek chapter meeting. I enjoyed the chapter and meeting all of you,
> but decided to join the Potomac chapter since it was a bit closer to my
> apartment. However, my husband and I just moved from the District to
> downtown Silver Spring. So, I am planning to join the Sligo Creek chapter
> again and start coming regularly to meetings beginning in July. I also think
> I'm on the same flight to national convention as the group of you who are
> traveling together, so it will be nice to get to know you guys a bit better.
> I'm also writing with a question about repair options for a Perkins
> brailler. I bought a refurbished one from the Braille Superstore about three
> years ago, and when we moved from Seattle to D.C. last year, we had it
> shipped by FedEx. However, something must have happened to it during
> shipping, because now the paper feed doesn't open all the way, and the
> carriage is getting stuck. I'm not sure what the problem is.
> My husband is normally pretty handy, but he couldn't figure out how to fix
> it either. Do any of you do repairs for Perkins braillers or know of a place
> I could send it? I don't use it that often, but even refurbished it was
> expensive, so I don't want to just throw it out without trying to fix it.
> Thanks, Arielle
> 
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