Comment by peoplefromibiza
3 years ago
> Yes, indeed. I don't believe the government should mandate specific protections consumers should receive,
What you believe or not it's completely irrelevant.
In my Country consumer protection is in the Constitution, at article 41. [1]
So the government is duty bound to protect the consumers.
Thanks God I was born here and not in olalonde-land.
[1] Art. 41
Private economic enterprise is free. It may not be carried out against the common good or in a way that may harm public security, liberty, or human dignity.
The law determines appropriate planning and controls so that public and private economic activities may be directed and coordinated towards social ends.
> "some manufacturers would offer a product with "2 year warranty"
Or, realistically, all the manufacturers would offer zero days warranty and only luxury brands would offer life-long warranty to people who can afford their products (e.g. less than 1% of the population).
Example: Apple, which is not exactly a cheap brand, only offers one year warranty in the US, while it's 2 years mandated by the law in EU.
You have the extra year protection, but you are (forcibly) paying for it.
iPhone 13 Pro USA price: 999$
iPhone 13 Pro Italy price: 1250$
PS: In the US, you could probably get that extra year of warranty from Apple or from a third party (for like 20$). But you don't have to.
> You have the extra year protection, but you are paying for it.
which anyone understands that is not the same thing.
You can also buy 2 of the same items for redundancy, I wouldn't call it "warranty" though.
> iPhone 13 Pro USA price: 999$
> iPhone 13 Pro Italy price: 1250$
The price on Apple's U.S. online store website is before taxes
But anyway that's a completely meaningless comparison:
Parmigiano Reggiano in Italy Euro ~10 / Kg
Parmigiano Reggiano in USA $ ~20 / pound AKA $ 44.4 / Kg
Of course the price premium is not exclusively due to the warranty (probably a good chunk of it is due to import tarifs and taxes). But do we agree that increasing the warranty period costs Apple more? Do we not agree that a business will tend to increase the price of its product when the cost of its product increases?
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