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RE: [OM] Ultimate Ballhead

Subject: RE: [OM] Ultimate Ballhead
From: "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 22:17:21 -0700
When I hear the term "lifetime guarantee" the waterbeds I've purchased come
to mind. All of them failed but when they did the companies that had
guaranteed them were all gone. /jim

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tris Schuler
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 9:31 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Ultimate Ballhead


You are mistaken. A lifetime guarantee is just that. For example, my
Snap-on tools carry this guarantee because they're built to take it. Same
same for Zippo lighters. I've used both these agreements in the past to my
satisfaction and plan to again. (Zippos wear out after six or seven years.
I've only had one Snap-on screwdriver fail, and that was easily fixed by
the local salesman in his truck.) Another example: my Gitzo gear has a
lifetime guarantee, though I haven't put that to the test as yet.

Anyway, I like it that way and I'm willing to pay extra for it. I'm
suspicious of any product a company will not stand behind up front.

Tris

>Actually the 2 year warranty is fine, I would not worry about it. No
warranty
>guarantees that an item will not wear out, it just 'warrants' that no
>manufacturing (and sometimes materials) defects will show up in that time
>period. Generally if an item does not show a defect within the first two
>years,
>you will have no problem with it. Lifetime warranties are just a marketing
>gimmick.


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