>You are misinformed. Legally, your toaster, VCR, TV, washer AND dryer are ALL under warrany
>whether you "register" or not. Thelaw provides something called an "implied warranty", which
>means that an item you buy must be fit for the purpose for which it was sold. Specific duration
>warranties are provided for different types of products. The only way that a manufacturer can
>circumvent the implied warranty is by making a specific deal with the buyer - the customer must
>KNOW that he/she is making such a deal.
In some countries at least, like in Sweden, there is no way to shorten the implied warranty time (or remove it or change it). You can make it longer.
>Manufacturers would all like to circumvent the implied warranty in order to further their bottom
>line, but the only way they can do this is - you guessed it - product "registration".
And this is of course the reason, everything would eventually be sold in such a way that you had no warranty at all. Thus it is not possible to change the warranty (and a whole bunch of other things) in such a way that it gets worse for the consumer, only in a way benefital to the consumer.
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>You are misinformed. Legally, your toaster, VCR, TV, washer AND dryer are ALL under warrany
>whether you "register" or not. Thelaw provides something called an "implied warranty", which
>means that an item you buy must be fit for the purpose for which it was sold. Specific duration
>warranties are provided for different types of products. The only way that a manufacturer can
>circumvent the implied warranty is by making a specific deal with the buyer - the customer must
>KNOW that he/she is making such a deal.
In some countries at least, like in Sweden, there is no way to shorten the implied warranty time (or remove it or change it). You can make it longer.
>Manufacturers would all like to circumvent the implied warranty in order to further their bottom
>line, but the only way they can do this is - you guessed it - product "registration".
And this is of course the reason, everything would eventually be sold in such a way that you had no warranty at all. Thus it is not possible to change the warranty (and a whole bunch of other things) in such a way that it gets worse for the consumer, only in a way benefital to the consumer.