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From: filbo@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us (Bela Lubkin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amigas -- why the 90 day warranty?
Message-ID: <61.filbo@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us>
Date: 27 Oct 89 14:20:38 GMT
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In article <23416@cup.portal.com> Doug Erdely writes:
> [...] Don't get me wrong, I
>would like to see a 1 year warranty, if for nothing else than to calm the
>fears of new buyers.

There is a simple solution.  Commodore should offer a 1-year (or longer)
"Extended Warranty Package" for only a little more than they expect it to
cost them ON THE AVERAGE.  They should then honor it regardless of how
much it costs them on a particular machine, because it costs them nothing
on so many other machines.  Then any customer who feels the need for a
longer warranty may have one, and any who doesn't has absolutely no basis
for complaint if their machine breaks down after the end of the standard
warranty period.  I would GUESS that the cost for a 1-year extended
warranty for an A500 or A2000 would be about $80; about $20 for an
external drive, also about $20 for a CBM-supplied hard disk; near zero for
memory expansions.  2-year versions would go for about 40% more than 1-year.
Any chance of this, Commodore?

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