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Re: Warranty?

"Geoff" <wizardofoz@talktalk.net> wrote in message
news:4af1e116$0$9751$6e1ede2f@read.cnntp.org...
> Ian wrote:
>> Went to Comet with son $ partner who want a new electric cooker for their
>> new home.
>>
>> "And £79 installation" quoth the man, "and we'll take the
old one away"
>>
>> There isn't an old one.
>>
>> "I can install it for you " I told son (and, indeed, I can: I worked
on
>> Eastern Electricity a few years ago, I have a degree in Electrical and
>> Electronic Engineering, and I am perfectly capable of safely
>> commissioning and connecting a new cooker to an existing, adequate,
>> cooker point).
>>
>> "That would invalidate the manufacturer's warranty" (because I am not
>> "registered") was the response from the droid.
>>
>> Quite apart from the fact that *anybody* can do electrical work if they
>> are able (recent changes mean they must have it inspected on
>> completion) - surely he was incorrect concerning the potential
>> invalidation of any warranty?
>
> He was perfectly correct. Never mind a degree, I bet you don't even hold
> 16th Edition. You are therefore *not* entitled to connect a cooker and it
> certainly would invalidate the warranty as if Joe Bodgit did it.

This is another example of how this country is becoming massively and
uneccesarilly over-legislated.
Wiring in a cooker is a trivial task - no more difficult or complicated than
wiring a plug.
The shops are using warranties as a blackmail sales tool.

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