NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/sys/amiga/advocacy/32377

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From: [e-mail] (Tom R Krotchko)
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Subject: Re: Byte A4000/A3000T-040 Review
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Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 03:34:41 PST
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>Don't laugh too hard.  Some new-car warranties require that you take your
>car to the dealership for an oil-change.  The difference, of course, is that
>the oil change itself is included in these warranties.

That's no longer true; there was either a court decision or a law passed
to prevent manufacturers from disallowing warrenty claims because service
wasn't done at the dealer.

However, the ruling/law is probably very specific in dealing with
automobiles, so I don't know if ther is any precedent here.

Besides (AND EVERYONE PLEASE READ THIS), despite what was said in
BYTE and on this newsgroup, here's what the 4000 manual actually says
in regards to installation of cards:

"Installation of internal options should be performed by an authorized
Commodore dealer/service center or by a knowledgeable technicians.
Commodore will not be liable for any damages or injuries caused by
improper installation of expansion equipment".

So everybody seems to be talking without reading the book. The
book DOES NOT mention the warrenty being voided. The book DOES NOT
mention ONLY an authorized dealer must do the service. The book
DOES say that if you don't know what you're doing and screw up the
computer its your problem.

[e-mail]
Tom Krotchko