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0 pointsjrimbault8y ago0 comments

The EU already made mandatory 24 months warranty for all products sold in Europe.

I think this has been beneficial not only to European citizens but also to the US where there isn't a minimum warranty by default. Businesses who sell products on both sides of the Atlantic seem to have mirrored the imposed warranty of the EU in the US.

I am in favor of extending the minimum warranty.

PS: isn't there also some regulation that a business should provide pieces for repair for a period of 10 years? I seem to recall something like that.

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ferongr8y ago

The EU directive might say that but countries codify that into law differently. For example, here in Greece, there is actually no law stating warranties should be two years. It only says that the warranty should be "reasonable depending on the expected lifetime of the product".

ovi2568y ago

Don't forget that the 24 month warranty is one of the stated reasons for justifying the sale price difference for the same product between the US and the EU.

If it's increased, manufacturers will just increase their EU prices so that their costs will be covered.

jrimbaultOP8y ago

The price difference seems mostly due to advertised prices.

In the US they advertise the price excluding tax, in the EU we advertise the price including tax.

When counting taxes, there isn't a big difference.

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