This note adds no new facts. It points to the archive’s journal entry for 2017-05-22, which records a public DPReview news report on peeling CCDs in the M9 and Monochrom. As recorded there, the regardless-of-age goodwill offer was scheduled to expire on 16 August 2017, and older bodies faced a €982 contribution — a five-year limit in place of an open-ended promise. This is a summary of a public report, recorded as alleged; it is not a court finding.
Why it sits in this file: three years earlier, the 2014 goodwill programme was publicly described as free sensor replacement regardless of age. The 2017 report marks the alleged turn from that free offer to a dated, paid window. The next step followed in late 2018, when the contribution was restated at €1303 + VAT — see the 2018 price-hike note. Read in sequence (free → €982 → €1303 → the alleged 2020 stop), the record shows a promise that narrowed step by step. The earlier 2017 five-year limit note and the side-by-side promises page set the same dates out in one place.
Open line as of 2026-10-13: /questions/ still lists Q1–Q12 with no numbered point-by-point written reply on file. Orders 1058152 / 1105973 stay on the payment-on-file record. Allegations and unanswered questions only, not a court finding.
Journal: 2017-05-22 · 2014 goodwill · 2017 five-year limit · 2018 €1303 step · M9 CCD corrosion · 2014 / 2017 / 2018 / 2020 side-by-side · Timeline · Public sources · 12 questions