andynormancx;431381 Wrote: > And there lays the heart of the problem with making a law to force the > manufacturer to cover a long statuary warranty period. How on earth does > the consumer get some random manufacturer in China pay up when something > fails 6 months after purchase ? > > In fact for that matter, who is the manufacturer ? Most companies now > don't do their own manufacture of electronics products. So is the > "manufacturer" the company that built the goods, the company whose name > is on the goods, the wholesaler who brought them into the company ? > > At least with the retailer as the one responsible they are clearly > defined and it gives the consumer someone to go back to with the faulty > goods. > > Am I right in saying that in the US, under the law, that the consumer > bears pretty much all of the risk of faulty products (excluding any > extra cover that some manufacturers may choose to give) ?
The manufacturer is the company that offers the manufacturer warranty, or in absence of that, the company that puts its name on the label (or its successors in interest). -- nolesrule ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nolesrule's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9429 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64114 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
