[Yaesu] Re: Yaesu Warranty on Used FT-897D?

[W8OKN]

Icom warranties certain items no matter who the owner is and they explain this at their website.  You can be the third owner and they still warranty certain items!

Perhaps Yaesu does the same?  Simply ask them?

>From the desk of W8OKN

---- kd4e <kd4e at verizon.net> wrote: 
> >> Beat them at their own game. Keep your communication to a minimum, give
> >> only information required to diagnose/repair the unit, send it in with a
> >> copy of the receipt, and use a return address such as your work qth, or
> >> just use the name of the original purchaser with your return address. 
> >> We have all moved at one point in time, no?  Get the idea?
> > 
> > I just assume that a used item has no factory warranty. I always have, and
> > I always will, no matter what sort of tricks others are willing to play.
> > 73, Paul K4PDM
> 
> As a Biblical Christian to whom that means everything
> I cannot engage in anything that even sounds deceptive.
> 
> I need an official word from Yaesu if they will honor
> the warranty based on the serial number on record as
> covered -- or if their official policy is to duck their
> obligation to support their gear on the thin excuse that
> the owner has changed.
> 
> If Yaesu will not honor their warranty to that serial
> numbered rig then I will make my buying decision based
> on no warranty service available -- it harms the original
> buyer by reducing the value of an otherwise nearly-new
> used rig and may harm future Yaesu sales if other
> manufacturers are more buyer-friendly.
> 
> And no, I don't know if this makes Yaesu any different
> than any of the other manufacturers or if they are all
> equally anxious for an excuse to avoid supporting their
> rigs.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Thanks! & 73, doc kd4e
> http://bibleseven.com
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