Sonos outdoor speaker repairs

Have you checked with Sonos?  Although they may not repair they may offer a replacement at a reduced rate.  Also what speaker is this, you make no mention.  Am slightly intrigued about the book of experiences for a first time poster.  The whole post as a certain artificial writing element to it.

Search for SONOS service. While SONOS doesn’t offer any repair parts or services, there are some independent repair shops in the EU and UK that handle SONOS.

There is a 30% discount offer for replacement. Bust this is not what I expect from a brand which position itself as Premium prices. I believe environmental sustainability is a major issue for Sonos with such culture on top. 
Also I thimk that autorized dealers - from my recent experiece with req for repair service - are not happy with Sonos non-repair policy. 

Usually, Sonos requires the non-functioning speaker to be returned to them to qualify for the 30% replacement discount. As I understand it, if they can then repair it, it then gets offered on their “refurbished” scheme. That seems quite “environmentally sustainable” to me. 
 

The “no repair service” has been the case for many years, so dealers should not be surprised by the policy. 
 

Shipping such devices 2 times and and a possible sale of a used device sounds not very promising to me. The business model  of Sonos rather gives the impressin that the environment ist not really valued but sales is the focus. In Germany the has very recently inaugurated even a law that certain cunsumer electric  articles MUST be offered a repair by the manufacturer. To many devices broke simply down just after warranty expired. 
in a fair balance I think that Sonos is facing at least an issue here…

Amd one point I really dont get: IF SONOS really repairs - why is that not on offer for the buyer???

Maybe selfexplaining…

thats even worae for SOnos if that assumption is correct. 
 

I can only speculate, but I suspect that with the business model they’ve adopted, Sonos can look at the reliability and longevity of components used in their products when a large proportion of any failed devices are returned to them for investigation and (where possible) repair. Compiling that kind of reliability data can be very beneficial to any manufacturer. I certainly don’t believe that many Sonos devices fail shortly after the warranty expires, and haven’t seen anything suggesting that on these forums. 
Sonos still offer a warranty on refurbished products, which implies a high degree of confidence that those products will work for a good while to come. They’re using the appropriate spare parts and components rather than any kind of “that should do it” approach that an independent repairer might (or might not, I agree, before you say it😜) use rather than try to source the relevant matching parts. 
Yes there are two shipping journeys, but that would still apply if the repairer was local in each country that Sonos sells to. 
What class of items are the “certain cunsumer electric  articles” that must have in-country repairs, out of curiosity? 

There’s no optimal path. Total cost of repairs can be uncomfortably expensive and the repaired unit will likely not support features that are currently “must have”. Plus, the possibility of an age related future failure increases.