Hi Kyley, Thanks for your input. That is really helpful. :-)
I visited DickSmith today to buy surge interceptor. It is so cheap and cost me $39 with lifetime guarantee + $100,000 connected equipment warranty. If a product sold for $39 can give me lifetime guarantee, I would expect a product sold for $2,300 it should offer me at least 5 years proper use. Regards Leigh On 17 June 2012 21:16, Kyley Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > Leigh, unless you have actually made a business claim against the item.. > either against your personal income, self-employed etc etc, then no-one can > claim its a business asset. > > if you claimed GST, or were claiming depreciation, then it would be a > business asset. > > I think a good example of this would be a cell phone. if you buy a > personal cell phone, and it gets used for your work, and they reimburse you > for some calls etc, or a portion of your costs, that doesn't make it a > business phone. but if you personally claimed GST, or the phone plan, or > the phone itself as an expense, or depreciable asset then the phone would > become a business asset. > > Typically though, it would be up to the seller to argue or even prove this > is the case.. if you walk into any retail and buy an item off the shelf > then they have no idea if you are covered by Consumer Guarantees, or Sales > Act. > > The wording is that CGA covers items normally bought or used for Household > or personal use.. even if a business buys those items it can still be > covered by CGA unlesst the seller pre-contracts out of that because they > know it will be for business use. > > ie... > > "The trader must specifically exclude the Consumer Guarantees Act to > contract out of it, for example “if the goods are being purchased for a > business purpose then the purchaser acknowledges that the Consumer > Guarantees Act will not apply”. If it says this then your rights will be > limited to what is in the warranty or contract." > > almost no retail outlet does this.. dont know about Dell though. > > > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Leigh Wanstead > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Paul, >> >> FYI I paid the 30 inch lcd monitor under my own pocket under my name >> while I was working in SoftTech four years ago and the lcd monitor I am >> programming using Visual Studio to learn new skills i.e. mdx BI in my own >> time and at my home and also use for my photography hobby. I did not ask >> SoftTech to pay for the lcd monitor, otherwise at the time I left SoftTech, >> they would take away my lcd monitor as this would be company asset. The >> company just paid for my salary for the work I have done in the office. I >> don't think that will make the lcd monitor qualify for business, right? >> >> Regards >> Leigh >> >> >> On 17 June 2012 14:37, Paul A Norman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am not sure whether this was fully covered in the rest of the thread >>> (couldn't see it in a quick scan) but >>> >>> " So under the Consumer Guarantees Act I’m confident they should >>> repair it. " >>> >>> Would not necessarily help you if you were using it for business. >>> >>> You would probably need to look under the Fair Trading Act et al, if you >>> purchased it for business. Check with a Citizens Advice bureau if you have >>> no tame lawyer in tow :) >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> On 14 June 2012 09:34, David Brennan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Leigh,**** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> You could give it a crack. I think you can make a very good case that a >>>> high quality (ie expensive) LCD monitor should last significantly longer >>>> than 3 years and should be covered at 4 years. So under the Consumer >>>> Guarantees Act I’m confident they should repair it.**** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> However your problem isn’t whether a monitor should be expected to last >>>> 4 years (it should). Your problem is likely to be that from the sounds of >>>> it you bought the monitor for a business? If so and it was paid for by a >>>> business then Dell almost certainly have a clause excluding the sale from >>>> coverage under the consumer guarantees act (which they are allowed to do). >>>> In which case you haven’t got much of a case, unless they advised you >>>> before you bought it that it would last more than 4 years which would allow >>>> you to have a go under the Fair Trading Act but I suspect that is unlikely. >>>> **** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> Cheers,**** >>>> >>>> David.**** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Leigh Wanstead >>>> *Sent:* Thursday, 14 June 2012 8:54 a.m. >>>> *To:* [email protected] >>>> *Subject:* [DUG] [Off Topic]Warranty expired**** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> Good morning, >>>> >>>> Sorry to post on this mailing list. I don't subscribe to other group >>>> and this mailing list I got lots of help for years. >>>> >>>> Here is my problem. >>>> >>>> I got a Dell 30inch lcd monitor which cost me around $2,200 four years >>>> ago. I just want to read more code on it. :-) It suddenly droped the power >>>> while writing the code this morning at 7am and can not be turned on. I make >>>> sure it is not the broken cable etc. At the time I bought it, I got three >>>> years advanced exchange warranty from dell. >>>> >>>> I read this url and talking about that I might already cover and no >>>> need to buy extended warranty. >>>> http://www.consumer.org.nz/reports/extended-warranties* >>>> >>>> *I want to know if possible to ask Dell NZ to repair the monitor for >>>> free and this dear monitor supposed to be professional product and should >>>> not go broken after four years usage. >>>> >>>> I am sure it is just some capacity of the power supply in the lcd >>>> monitor broken. I do not have the skill to repair such dear monitor myself. >>>> >>>> What is your view? >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Leigh**** >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list >>>> Post: [email protected] >>>> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi >>>> Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] >>>> Subject: unsubscribe >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list >>> Post: [email protected] >>> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi >>> Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with >>> Subject: unsubscribe >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list >> Post: [email protected] >> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi >> Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with >> Subject: unsubscribe >> > > > > -- > Kyley Harris > Harris Software > +64-21-671-821 > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with > Subject: unsubscribe >
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