I've no idea what radio you are talking about, but stuff that is 'non
user servicable' almost always is - as with everything, it's just a
matter of knowing what you are doing and having the stuff to do it
with. You may have to search around a bit for the bulbs (a decent auto
parts store often has a surprising variety), and they may need
soldering in. You'll probably need to remove the radio from the car
and go to such lengths as using a screwdriver (gasp) to get the job
done.
Manufacturers who deliberately make stuff unrepairable (often
justifying it in terms of production costs) are just cynically trying
to drive up output, regardless of how they patronise their customers,
use more of the worlds resources and increase the land fill problem.
More and more suff is now so 'cheap' that it is considered to be a
consumer disposable. We now have a generation of people who are kept
entirely ignorant of how stuff works, little sense of the value of
things, and consequently throw things away and buy new ones when they
stop working. I predict the coming of the disposable vacuum cleaner -
when it's full, throw it away - buy them in economy six packs. If I
had my way, oil changes and routine brake maintenance would be on the
school syllabus.
Rant rant rant.
Look, just change your own bulbs and save the world, OK?
--
Stewart Hargrave
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