Eee-PC 900 in AU?
Dave Hall
ubuntu at skwashd.com
Wed Apr 23 06:31:37 BST 2008
On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 14:01 +1000, andremangan at gmail.com wrote:
> Wouldn't there be an issue with the warranty if you buy from
> the US, or anywhere else overseas? You'd be covered, but
> because the place of purchase is overseas, you'd need to send
> the item back overseas if you had to make a claim. Very costly
> and time consuming, plus there's the risk of having yor item
> lost in transit.
>
>
> Warranty is issued by the manufacturer, Asus. Not the retailer. You
> do need proof of purchase i.e. date of purchase. Warranty is
> worldwide and can be accessed in whatever country you live in
> irrespective of place of purchase.
No it isn't. Many of ASUS's notebooks come with a worldwide warranty,
the eee pc isn't one of them. This is a problem if you take your
Australian eee pc overseas on a trip and it dies.
Remember the eee pc might have become a Linux geek must have toy, but
ASUS's marketing dept doesn't see it this way. The original market is
education, school kids are unlikely to need a global warranty.
Cheers
Dave
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