danco;240250 Wrote: > Maybe it's a Europe/US difference, but two-year warranties are common > over here now. In fact I think it may be European law. > >
I'm quite sure there isn't a European law that says that warranties have to be two years. However there is consumer law that says that any product has to be "fit for purpose", which means that it can be expected to last for a "reasonable" time before it fails. Any attempt to unfairly limit that reasonable time by declaring a shorter "warranty" period will be invalid. There have been some instances of people successfully claiming that they could reasonably have expected the item to have lasted for longer before failing, and that the item therefore had to be repaired or replaced regardless of the warranty status. This of course only applies if the product was purchased in a jurisdiction where such case law applies: if you bought it in the US you have no chance, if you bought it in the UK then its possible. However in these cases your claim is against the people that sold it to you, not the manufacturer, so be prepared to have a very big argument with them. Whether its worth it for a relatively cheap product only you can say.... Ceejay -- ceejay ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35473 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
