Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hpspkla!town From: town@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Brian R. Town) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: SIMMs from Peripheral Outlet Message-ID: <6040007@hpspkla.spk.hp.com> Date: 9 Jan 91 16:33:28 GMT References: <6040004@hpspkla.spk.hp.com> Organization: Hewlett Packard Company, Spokane, Wa. Lines: 19 dlg6627@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Darmawan Ludirdja) writes: >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!!!! > They told me that if the chips EVER failed, they would replace them. If they only would replace them for a week, month or year, then it wouldn't be a lifetime warranty would it? (intentional sarcasm) It is my belief that when they say LIFETIME WARRANTY, they really mean LIFETIME WARRANTY. When I talked with them I asked enough questions to feel comfortable that I wasn't missing anything. Brian