Re: [OT] UK electronics warranties

[Stuart Grimshaw <stuart.grimshaw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/3/05, Phil Dye <phil@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 5/3/05, Paul Gale <groups@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Is there any UK legislation that says electronic goods have to
have a 1yr warranty etc? Do they even have to have a warranty?
> >
>
> There is no automatic entitlement to a warranty, although a year is
> common practice. Of course, any 'warranty' is in addition to your
> statutory rights under the Sale of Goods Act 1979 (as amended), which
> contains lots of vagueness such as "reasonable time" and so
on.

I was under the impression that the sale of goods act was what gave
you the 1yr warranty with the supplier? Hence why Rover owners have
still got a warranty as it's with the supplier not the manufacturer
... That's how it was explained on the radio during the initial
caffufle.