I have already used the Acer and Asus warranty service both impeccable but Sony NEVER !!
Avoid it like the plague.
I bought my camera in addition as Amazon, at least if I had purchased from Amazon I would have had an after sales service quality, badly I took.
EDIT:
Finally at persuasion I could limit myself to just pay the shipping costs for the repair (note that at Acer eg shipping costs are paid in full by Acer, Sony must be paid the same return. .. It is an illegal practice close)
A month later, I finally get my camera, the GPS was not working and after ten pictures is down again !!!
And to think that my old Panasonic TZ7 still works perfectly after 5 years of use, and tens of thousands of photos ...