Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wotan!moxie!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Unlimited software warranties Message-ID: Date: 22 Mar 91 20:41:16 GMT References: <8501@rsiatl.Dixie.Com> <6L5AUW3@xds13.ferranti.com> <1991Mar22.143056.4580@rwwa.COM> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 19 In article <1991Mar22.143056.4580@rwwa.COM> witr@rwwa.COM (Robert W. Withrow) writes: > >"Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back" is just a slogan outside > >organizations that raise their prices a factor of two or more to cover the > >fraud. > Wow, it must be a really good `fraud'! Within the last year I have > bought clothes, electronics, and, yes, some computer gear, from various > of these `fraudulent' firms, and have had to use the warrantee. Sarcasm aside, how long did you wait before excersizing the warrantee? John's talking about a completely open-ended guarantee... any time you want, just bring it back and we buy it back. No questions asked. I don't believe in this. The only exceptions I have found are overpriced yuppie mail-order catalogs. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"