Fw: [Fwd: Germany]

[SamBC]

----- Original Message -----
From: "SamBC" <sambc at nights.force9.co.uk>
To: "Ravicher, Daniel B." <DRavicher at brobeck.com>;
<license-discuss at opensource.org>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 8:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Germany]


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ravicher, Daniel B." <DRavicher at brobeck.com>
>
>
> >
> > Agreed.  Their can be no bargain based on fraud.  However, if I do
> tell you
> > there's no warranty, I won't hear you complain later.  It's the
> decision of
> > the consumer to purchase a warranty or not.  [Have you ever tried
> getting
> > out of Circuit City after buying a new electronic without them
trying
> to
> > push on you some "extended warranty plan"?]
>
> Note "EXTENDED warranty plan", we have these in the UK, as the
implicit
> warranty is AT TIME OF PURCHASE + reasonable expectations, so a
> toothbrush falling apart after a week is included, a stereo dying
after
> time of no mechanical stress within a month or so (usually they say 90
> days) is covered, three years is not, so they sell these extended
> warranties, which are more or less actually an insurance policy.
>
>
> SamBC
>