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Posted by Art on March 20, 2007, 8:48 pm
Everyone else got the point but you.
> On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:03:26 GMT, "Art"
>
>>> On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:32:32 GMT, "Art"
>>>
>>>>You've got to read this. Dupont is selling laminate flooring
>>>>exclusively
>>>>thru Home Depot. It comes with a 30 year WEAR warranty but if there is
>>>>a
>>>>manufacturing defect and that isn't discovered and reported within 6
>>>>months
>>>>of purchase you get zilch.
>>>
>>> Your sentence is ambiguous. For what do you get zilch? The defect or
>>> its wearing out?
>>>
>>>>http://www.flooring.dupont.com/en/war.shtml
>>>>
>>>>They must pay their lawyers extra to dream up this.
>>>
>>> It says: *Manufacturing: In addition to the our Original Limited 30
>>> year residential warranty, We warrants our product against
>>> manufacturing defects that exist in its product prior to purchase by
>>> the consumer. Any manufacturing defect must be reported prior to the
>>> product installation or, under any circumstance, no later than six (6)
>>> months after the date of purchase in order to be covered under this
>>> warranty. We will replace any such defective material at no additional
>>> cost to the customer. Any damage that might occur during shipment is
>>> the responsibility of the shipping company.
>>>
>>> Note the second and third word. "In addition". So the 30 year
>>> warranty is unaffected by this paragraph.
>>>
>>> So, there is no problem, right?
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>You've got to be kidding. I've heard plenty of laminate manufacturing
>>defect problems that show up years after installation.
>
> That was not my point. You ridiculed the WEAR warranty. You put wear
> in all caps. Then you brought up the defects warranty that is only
> for 6 months as if that weakened the wear warranty. Your sentence was
> at best ambiguous. The defect warranty is "in addition" to the wear,
> or the WEAR warranty.
>
> If you don't like the defects warrranty, complain about that without
> making it seem there is something wrong with the wear warranty.
>
> You may have made a good point on the defects warranty, but you ruined
> your point by tying it to the wear warranty, which IS 30 years.
>
> Here we can often post back and forth, but in many cases , you only
> get one chance to make your point.
>
>
>>Glue between layers
>>failing, crumbing particle board, etc. In that case you get zilch unless
>>it
>>shows up during the first 6 months of ownership. I've read many, many
>>laminate warranties. I have never run into anything like this. So if the
>>factory tries a new cheaper process they only have to make sure it holds
>>up
>>6 months under this warranty.
>>
>
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