On 24/11/09, [email protected], discombobulated, unleashed: >Well, and good, but if they want to void the warranty because of that, the >warranty should expressly say so.
It does. My MacBook Pro Apple warranty booklet gives a list if limitations to the warranty: --------------------------------------------------- b. Limitations. The Plan does not cover: (ii) Damage to the covered equipment caused by accident, abuse, neglect, misuse (including faulty installation, repair or maintenance by anyone other than Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider), unauthorized modification, extreme environment (including extreme temperature or humidity), extreme physical or electrical stress or interference, fluctuation or surges of electrical power, lightning, static electricity, fire, acts of God, or other external causes. ---------------------------------------------------- I would take it that contamination by cigarette smoking would come under any of: misuse, neglect, other external causes. If you're looking for the words 'damage caused by cigarette smoking', you won't find it. Just like you won't find 'damage caused by pissing on the keyboard' or 'damage caused by inserting bodily parts into ethernet port'. As far as the manufacturer is concerned, if you piss on the keyboard, shove the end of your knob into the ethernet port, or allow prolonged smoking in proximity, and the unit is damaged and needs repair, you've not looked after it properly and it won't get fixed under warranty. That's when I recommend spilling tea over it and claiming on insurance. HTH -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
