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From: nor1675@dsacg2.UUCP (Michael Figg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amigas -- why the 90 day warranty?
Summary: Good design and dependability
Message-ID: <756@dsacg2.UUCP>
Date: 1 Nov 89 15:36:40 GMT
References: <1989Oct15.021329.2118@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <23196@cup.portal.com> <1989Oct31.180252.7798@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
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In article <1989Oct31.180252.7798@ddsw1.MCS.COM>, karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) writes:
> 
> What a crock.  If it WAS unlikely, then there would be a year warranty, no?
> Why not, if Commodore isn't going to eat much in repairs?  Or is the truth
> that the systems DO blow up often, and expensively.  

I'm not sure I can agree with this. What about the automobile industry?
The American manufacturers developed a fairly poor record for dependability
compared to the Japanese and now even if they are building much better cars
(I don't know if they are, I own a Honda) they have to offer 5 or 6 year
warranties where the Japanese only have 1 or 2 year warranties. The US makers
need the longer warranty because of their reputation. The Japanese don't need
a strong warranty program because they build much more dependable cars to
begin with. I might be alittle partial to the Japanese cars, but there 
record is supported by many consumer reports.




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