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From: dlg6627@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Darmawan  Ludirdja)
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Subject: Re: SIMMs from Peripheral Outlet
Message-ID: <1991Jan9.021747.27087@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 9 Jan 91 02:17:47 GMT
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town@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Brian R. Town) writes:

>dlg6627@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Darmawan  Ludirdja) writes:

>>Can somebody explain me what does LIFETIME WARRANTY means?
>>
>>Is that due to defective while fabrication of the chip
>>and if you ever find the chip fail due to misfabricated then
>>the manufacture will replace the chip?.
>>
>>I believe that no manufacture will replace the chip due to abuse,
>>static, misuse and some other things.
>>
>>Please correct me if I'm wrong.
>>
>>dlg6627@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
>>----------

>I believe that this warranty is from the distributor, NOT the manufacturer.
>So, if the distributor goes out of business then you no longer have a warranty.
>P.O. told me that you simply send them your bad parts and they send you new
                                                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>ones.  That is about all I know about the deal.
 ^^^^
>I share your skepticism, but since the price is good, there isn't really
>anything to lose.

>Brian


Brian, do you have any idea after how long (e.g. 1 week, 1 mo. or 1 year)
does the distributor will replace bad chip?

My statement is just to emphasis that LIFETIME WARRANTY has a special
meaning and everybody should understand before ordering chips from 
a company who offer LIFETIME WARRANTY!!!!


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