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Apple Sued in Germany
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, January 15 2013 @ 04:25 PM EST
No excuses for Apple, but my long experience with them in a market
outside EU or US agrees with PJ's. The upselling of extended warranty
is an industry wide problem. Apple seems to be the one in the spotlight here.
I'd like to see a lot more of the usual suspects in the dock alongside them.

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Apple Sued in Germany
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, January 15 2013 @ 05:28 PM EST
Sorry PJ, but it doesn't matter how good you feel Apple's service is. They are legally required to give free manufacturer warranty for 2 years from purchase in the EU.

Sorry, but this is absolutely totally wrong. The manufacturer doesn't have to give any warranty at all. The _seller_ is responsible that products are of sufficient quality. If you go to an Apple store and buy a Samsung printer there (if they sell them), and that Samsung printer breaks after 18 months, then the manufacturer (Samsung) doesn't have to do anything, but the seller (Apple) has to fix it unless they can prove that someone broke it.

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*facepalm*
Authored by: MDT on Tuesday, January 15 2013 @ 10:14 PM EST
As pointed out, Belgium, not Germany.

Other than that, I stand by the rest of the comment on being
a manufacturer, as others have already pointed out, the law
in the EU applies to both sellers *AND* manufacturers.

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MDT

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