[ICOM] ICOM Warranty ??

[Clif Holland]

Unless it has changed in the last year neither Kenwood nor Icom honor the 
warranty for anyone other than the original purchaser. I haven't dealt with 
Yaesu so can't say.

Clif Holland KA5IPF
www.avvid.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom" <tmcsail at sbcglobal.net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] ICOM Warranty ??


> Don't get me wrong here Michael. I am sure that is
> what some "telephone person" told you. But
> manufacturers are not supposed to play policeman!
>
> Here is the way an original manufactures warranty is
> supposed to work and BTW some state laws require it to
> work: ICOM builds the equipment and puts a serial
> number on it. It is warrantied for 1 Year (i think
> that's right??) PERIOD.
>
> The receipt documents when it was first purchased by
> the original owner so that he gets a full year from
> date of purchase. (In the ~unlikely~ event that the
> unit sat on the shelf for a while.)
>
> But what if the original owner loses the receipt?
> Or sells the unit? Without a receipt, the manufacturer
> is obligated for 1 year (or whatever) from the date of
> manufacture.
>
> Warranty cards don't carry any real weight. They are
> simply a mechanism which allows for the *possibility*
> (required -I THINK- by the Federal Trade
> Commission)for a manufacturer to alert the end users
> of their equipment of a safety related defect. Also
> used by some manufactures as a good mailing list.
>
> Please take the above information in the manner in
> which it is intended - trying to be helpful to my Ham
> buddies. Your mileage may vary. Remember: Knowledge is
> power!
>
> 73,
> Tom
>
>
> --- Michael W Elliott <kq0b at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> If you have a copy of the original purcase invoice
>> that is the key.
>>
>> Obtain the invoice and mail it in with the warranty.
>>
>> If the rig is within the warrranty period that
>> should
>> work
>>
>> BTW  Icom will not honor a repair with just the
>> warranty card --  because there is the possibility
>> the
>> rig cold have have stolen as they told me
>>
>> --- jim fox <w0hfg at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Has anyone had any experience with Icom about a
>> > warranty claim on a second
>> > owner rig ?? For expamle, you purchase a radio
>> from
>> > an individual who only
>> > had it for 30 days, did not fill out the warranty
>> > card then resells it..
>> > Does the warranty carry over to the new owner when
>> > the new owner fills out
>> > the warranty card and mails it to Icom ???
>> Thanks,
>> > Jim / W0HFG
>> >
>> >
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>>
>>
>> Michael W. Elliott
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>
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