I don't have a shop.  But my feelings are that if you send me home without
any viruses and my drivers are good and the system is running ok, then it is
not your responsibility if I get those things hosed in the next couple of
days.

Now, that being said, if you have installed an antivirus system, firewall,
given me the tools to scan for spyware/adware, with instructions on how to
use all of these tools, and educated me about not clicking on attachments
and the like, then I think that you could offer a somewhat limited warranty
against some of the possible problems as long as I held up my end of the
deal.  My end of the deal would include stuff such as running the spyware
scanners on some schedule, letting the AV scans run, etc.  There are logs
for these items so you could check that.

Bobby

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Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 4:15 PM
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Subject: [H] -SOT- Warranty on repairs


I'm wondering about warranty on repairs - not on the parts - just on 
repairs like removing viruses, reinstalling printer drivers,  fixing the 
TCP/IP stack, etc.

To the other shops out there - how long a warranty do you offer on this 
sort of repair?
To the people who don't run shops - how long do you think is reasonable?

I'm of the opinion that it should work when you get it home, and for the 
first couple of days, but after that there are just two many variables to 
continue warranting longer than that, so we offer a warranty for the first 
48 hours after they pick it up, but after that, we play it by ear.

For viruses, I don't think there can be any warranty at all.

T


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