[citation][nom]Humans think[/nom]kudos for dutch laws[/citation]Any electronic device that is not expendable, shall be covered for a minimum of 2 years warranty by the retailer, regardless of the manufacturer warranty.
This basically means if you buy something with 1 year warranty, and it breaks in the second year, for the consumer the effect is just 2 years warranty, but the retailer has to pay for the repair costs in the 2nd year.
It's a good system, but it's driving prices up a little bit.
Fortunately not very many people know this, and we only need to tell them if they ask so it doesn't bother that much.
Happens a lot that people come to us with laptops that break in the 2nd year, and ask us to repair them, even though they did not buy them at our store. In that case I love telling them to go to the retailer they bought the laptop at and use the 2 year argument. They then cannot refuse. Makes customers smile when they hear this.