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From: wa4fib@kd4nc.UUCP (Jack Brindle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Worthless Warranty
Message-ID: <4129@kd4nc.UUCP>
Date: 21 Mar 90 22:15:06 GMT
References: <50816@cc.utah.edu> <7306@goofy.Apple.COM> <1945@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: wa4fib@kd4nc.UUCP (Jack Brindle)
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> In article <7306@goofy.Apple.COM> dwb@archer.apple.com (David W. Berry)
> writes:
> >       I probably shouldn't respond to this, but this complaint is
> >already getting really old.  Warranties get extended to longer periods

> mjkobb@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Kobb) replies:
>
> Second:  I feel that everybody who has complained about this issue is 100%
> justified.  The fact that car buyers don't complain that the car companies are
> screwing them over as loudly as we do when the computer companies screw us
> over is not a valid excuse.

Come Now, Guys. Has anyone bought a SONY television lately? SONY is generally
acknowledged as one of the best, if not THE best TV in the industry. But what
does it come with for a warranty? 3 months labor, 1 year parts, 2 years on the
CRT. ONLY THREE MONTHS OF PARTS AND LABOR! Apple now gives us a full year of
both. Maybe Apple computers are better designed and made than SONY TVs. Why
not bitch at SONY for having a poor warranty. They sell far more TV sets. Why
continue to pick on Apple? They have given us what we want. Or do you just
wish to continue griping? Perhaps it is time for a reality check.

Jack Brindle, WA4FIB.
- No connection to Apple other than a developer!
- Yes, I just bought a SONY TV. If it lasts as long as my Mac 128 without
  troubles, I will be happy. I'm even still on the original clock battery.
  They said it might last a year. It has now lasted 6 years, 1 month. Who
  needs a warranty when it doesn't break?