Tissue-TekII Crytostats
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From: | Gayle Callis <uvsgc@msu.oscs.montana.edu> |
To: | histonet@pathology.swmed.edu |
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You can obtain repairs for an IEC, through TBS, they now sell the
instrument and you can access the COMPANY, TBS that is, through an 800
number for service.
>Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 22:18:08 CDT
>From: "Becky Scholes" <raws43@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Tissue-TekII Crytostats
>To: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
>
>Hi, Histonetters!
>
> I have some bad news for all you that are currently relying on
>Tissue-TekII cryostats. Recently we called Bayer for a microtome part, and
>they said that as if May 1, they will no longer provide telephone support,
>instrument repair, or refurbishments. This is the result of
>their "inability to obtain parts and components". We got a copy of the
>letter sent out to some people who were in their warranty record file. (I
>was, too, I thought!) The letter was dated February 25, 2000. My favorite
>repairman, who works for a a well-known histology equipment company, had no
>idea this was going down either! Bayer included in its letter four
>Tissue-Tek II service providers, located in Georgia, New Jersey, California,
>and Arizona. The Tissue-Tek II cryostats are good ol' work horses. The
>company is taking advantage of the Taft-Hartley Act (manufacturing was
>discontinued in 1993). Why couldn't IEC have done that for their old
>clunkers a long time ago, instead of Tissue-Tek? Anybody else out there
>that is going to be in a bind? We have over 6 Tissue-Tek II's that we rely
>on!
>
>Slightly torked,
>Becky Scholes
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Gayle Callis
Veterinary Molecular Biology
Montana State University
Bozeman MT 59717-3610
406 994-4705
406 994-4303
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