On Sunday, September 29, 2002, at 04:02 AM, Cotty wrote:
> This entirely depends on where you live. Here in the UK, we have laws > that say that if trouble arises after the purchase of an item, then the > buyer (and warranty holder) has an issue with the seller, not the > manufacturer. > > In practice, this means if I buy a TV from a retailer and it breaks > (which I did, and it did), then I take it back to the retailer and say > 'My good man, this television device that you sold me is broken, now > what > are you going to do about it?' > > They are then under a legal obligation to repair or replace the item. > > It is entirely possible for this to be enforced *even after* the > warranty > has expired. > > This obviously differs from what our US brethren, and indeed lots of > others worldwide, have to contend with, and may not be much use for that > reason. > > HTH > > Cotty Cotty, It is a little bit different here. Generally we operate on the standard warranty system�if it breaks in half, you get to keep *both* of the pieces (unless it's software, of course, in which case all of the pieces still belong to the people who originally sold it). Dan, in the land of stack it deep and sell it cheap
