[3dem] Alternative service contracts for FEI microscopes

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The FEI engineer told me that they no long accept third party PO.

Terje Dokland wrote:
> I'm sorry, I think I used the wrong terminology. From the point of 
> view of the user, REMI would act as an "insurance company" but in fact 
> they are not. As somebody pointed out, they work by consolidating many 
> service contracts. The end user would just call in service and 
> maintenance when needed and the bill would be sent to REMI.
>
> One obvious concern is of course that the excellent and extremely 
> helpful FEI engineers often act above and beyond what they strictly 
> need to do according to the service contract.
>
> Thanks for the advice! This is useful information.
> terje
>
>
> On Mar 16, 2010, at 11:18 AM, Gursky, Richard wrote:
>
>> Hello Terje,
>>
>> I think that FEI is currently not dealing with insurance companies that
>> provide service.  I understand that FEI has in the past but several have
>> come up and shown a good face, taken the users money and then folded.  I
>> know the FEI has then had to step in to help the customer.  This proved
>> very expensive so FEI has made some policy steps.  I would check with
>> your FEI service folks before you do this.  I also attached a part of a
>> thread from last year when this came up.
>>
>> I hope this helps.
>>
>
>
>
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