From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 7 17:03:08 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5583816A41C for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2005 17:03:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from oceanare@pacific.net.sg) Received: from smtpgate2.pacific.net.sg (smtpgate2.pacific.net.sg [203.120.90.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 548F143D45 for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2005 17:03:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from oceanare@pacific.net.sg) Received: (qmail 13110 invoked from network); 7 Jul 2005 17:03:05 -0000 Received: from maxwell2.pacific.net.sg (203.120.90.192) by smtpgate2 with SMTP; 7 Jul 2005 17:03:05 -0000 Received: from [192.168.0.107] ([210.24.246.28]) by maxwell2.pacific.net.sg with ESMTP id <20050707170305.FXER28012.maxwell2.pacific.net.sg@[192.168.0.107]> for ; Fri, 8 Jul 2005 01:03:05 +0800 Message-ID: <42CD6041.9080605@pacific.net.sg> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 01:02:57 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky Organization: oceanare pte ltd User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050514) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200507071458.j67EwsBr074291@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <200507071458.j67EwsBr074291@lurza.secnetix.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: Re: Samsung X20-XVM 1600-V X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:03:08 -0000 Hi, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Erich Dollansky wrote: > > > Oliver Fromme wrote: > > > > They give a 2-year pick-up warranty. What more could I > > > > ask for? > > > > I understand they statement in the German version that they give you > > what is required by law plus they pick it up for free. > > No, in Germany the law requires _nothing_ from vendors. > This two-year warranty is completely independent. > > In German, the law requires a so-called "Gewährleistung" > which is two years like you described. This is solely > the responsibility of the dealer/retailer where I bought > the stuff. The vendor or manufacturer has nothing to do > with it. > > The warranty provided by vendors (called "Garantie") is > a completely different and independent thing. It's a > voluntary service of vendors which the German law doesn't > regulate or mandate at all. Of course, if a vendor puts > it into his advertising (or his formal terms and condi- > tions), it is legally binding for him. The law doesn't > allow lying. ;-) > This is what I see at their web site: Service & Support 24 Monate Vor-Ort-Abholservice europaweit This does not say anything about an additional warranty except of what the law requires. It only states that they will pick the notebook up for free. They do not lie, the just phrase it smart. Erich