Trent W. Buck <trentbuck@gmail.com> wrote:
When I buy something and it goes tits-up, the amount of grief to get a warranty honoured by ANYONE is enough that I will usually just buy another unit and throw the old one away.
Granted, most people don't ever reach my levels of misanthropy, but for people like me paying 20% less for the same item in exchange for not dealing with sales or warranty people, doesn't really have a downside.
If the hardware fails while I am, for example, living overseas, does the local subsidiary of the manufacturer typically honour the Australian warranty or does the product have to be sent back to Australia for service? The latter would obviously be time-consuming and expensive (air freight in both directions would cost... it might turn out to be cheaper to buy a new device in that case).