Do they sell refurbished grass hoppers?
There's a process to go thru for this. First, go to the classifieds here and buy a used Grasshopper. You might have to wait some weeks for one to come around, but they do and are usually pretty reasonably priced. You might hit the market right and buy one that's already been refurbished (several times!), and your done. Nevertheless you should proceed...
Next, wait for to it fail, which should not take too long, meanwhile you've had the experience of using it and the memory to carry forward. Of course, if you're lucky enough to buy one that's not working, you can skip that step and go straight to,
Transfer the warranty to your name which costs $45 US and people do all the time, no hassle. The correspondence to accomplish this should only take a week or two -- three or four tops.
Next you'll open a warranty request and describe the Hopper's behavior to 'someone', who will ask you to go thru a cleaning process with compressed air. Go buy a can if you don't keep this around the hacienda.
Upon cleaning and telling 'them' that didn't fix Hopper they'll give you permission to mail it in, at your expense of course. Be sure to enclose the charger and a battery in the mailing. You can just lie when the clerk at the post office asks if there's anything with batteries in the package.
In a couple or few weeks time you'll get a re-assuring email confirming their receipt of your Hopper. Phew, hopper is home at last, ready for a new lease on life.
The next (and last!) part is a piece of cake! Simply wait for that exciting notification, that your hopper is being mailed back to you! The wait period seems to vary slightly, case by case, as it were. Could be as little as 30 days. At worst, no more than a little bit over a year. Or so.
But your day will come, and when it does, voila, squeaky clean, refurbished Grasshopper.
