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Apple Is Forced By EU To Give 2 Years Warranty On All Its Products

Posted by samzenpus on from the genius-bar-working-twice-as-hard dept.

dsmalle writes "Apple has adapted its warranty to cover 2 years, under pressure of the European Union and after European consumer organizations sued Apple. From the article: 'The warranty conditions have been changed and these changes can be found on the website of Apple. Products that are purchased on the website of the manufacturer or in stores are now under warranty for two years, as it is required by the EU warranty guidelines. However, the warranty for Apple products that have been purchased elsewhere will not change and they will only be given a limited one-year warranty.'"

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  1. Apple still weaselling out of it by pelorus · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This hasn't changed anything. What's the point of a warranty that lasts two years which covers defects that were present on delivery?
    (See http://www.apple.com/uk/legal/statutory-warranty/)

    Apple should be forced to stop weaselling and just give us what the law requires.

    -- An Apple Fanboi

  2. Re:As An American... by BasilBrush · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If Congress tried to pass something like this, we would never hear the end of "socialist liberal government taking over the free market." Sigh.

    Absolutely. Because the States is effectively rules by the corporations. Somehow certain consumers would complain about a law that only benefits them. How brainwashed are they?

  3. Re:As An American... by AngryDeuce · · Score: 5, Interesting

    And if this was the USA, there would be a class-action lawsuit

    If this was the USA, the ToS likely prohibits the customer from bringing a class-action lawsuit in the first place.

    I don't know for sure, though, as I don't have the time to read 56 pages worth of legalese.