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<blockquote data-quote="Vipersan" data-source="post: 819165" data-attributes="member: 325666">Agreed guys ..it may well be that an item bought from a UK supplier might be covered ...but this Island Nation is notorious for not extending rights..Typical example being the 12 month warranty on such goods bought in the UK ..for example an LCD TV..The same set sold in the rest of Europe automayically is covered for 2 years..Another example of this was a neighbour of mine who received a brand new Sony video Walkman for long service ..as a gift.just outside the 12 month warranty period the internal battery ceased to hold charge longer than 3 minutes..We went to great lengths to try and get this fixed ...even sending a letter explaining the circumstances to Sony HQ ..Their answer was to returm the unit to them as batteries were not available to buy or replace by anyone other than Sony..but since it was now out of warranty ..by about a month ..there would be a £73.95p charge for this repair ..non negotiateable..She hasn't used it since ..and it now lies unused in a drawer.Maybe one day ..batts will become available for this model ..as they have for older models ..Not from Sony of course...but the Chinese realising there was a gap to fill ...filled it.This is very much like the IPOD battery scandle in the US ..which resulted in a class action law suit..and the HP laptop scandle again in the US ...which saw many laptops returned for repair when gpu failed ..again after legal proceedings.No such thing here of course...its the island nation thing again..Like it ..or lump it...rgdsVS</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vipersan, post: 819165, member: 325666"] Agreed guys ..it may well be that an item bought from a UK supplier might be covered ...but this Island Nation is notorious for not extending rights.. Typical example being the 12 month warranty on such goods bought in the UK ..for example an LCD TV.. The same set sold in the rest of Europe automayically is covered for 2 years.. Another example of this was a neighbour of mine who received a brand new Sony video Walkman for long service ..as a gift. just outside the 12 month warranty period the internal battery ceased to hold charge longer than 3 minutes.. We went to great lengths to try and get this fixed ...even sending a letter explaining the circumstances to Sony HQ .. Their answer was to returm the unit to them as batteries were not available to buy or replace by anyone other than Sony..but since it was now out of warranty ..by about a month ..there would be a £73.95p charge for this repair ..non negotiateable.. She hasn't used it since ..and it now lies unused in a drawer. Maybe one day ..batts will become available for this model ..as they have for older models .. Not from Sony of course...but the Chinese realising there was a gap to fill ...filled it. This is very much like the IPOD battery scandle in the US ..which resulted in a class action law suit.. and the HP laptop scandle again in the US ...which saw many laptops returned for repair when gpu failed ..again after legal proceedings. No such thing here of course...its the island nation thing again.. Like it ..or lump it... rgds VS [/QUOTE]

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