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'The EU ‘goods must last a minimum two years’ rule is a myth' blog discussion

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Terry Pratchett
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There is a fourth time-limit:
OH said he will call them later he said Sept 2007 is when he got them, this would of been the time of major rebuild and upgrade of my pc.
in fairness they have lasted 3 years, but when a company says lifetime guarantee how long do they really mean,
worse case is they will tell him to bog off, at best refund on market value now, he wasn't going to bother but i have persuaded him to ask them.
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Hotpoint couldn't have cared less...
I now have a Bosch washing machine (it was a Which? best buy) (thanks to a bonus I received from work). It, too, is dying by degrees (bearings are wearing).
The engineer tells me that Bosch will "put a computer on the machine and know that you've abused it"... So i'm waiting for it to die properly and will see what happens.
I might ask them how long they think the washing machine should last for and see what they think. can't remember who I bought the darned thing from now.
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Most would say it’s not reasonable for a £1,000 plasma telly to break after six months
Personally, I'd expect a £1000 item like that plasma telly to last five years or more and I reckon most reasonable people would agree that it *should*!
[In fact, I'd still be miffed if a £1000 telly broke after five years - my current CRT family telly is 14 years old and going strong - but the way things have been going I wouldn't be overly surprised if a new telly gave up the ghost after five years. Washing machines apparently only typically last 6-8 years these days.]
If, as my recent Bosch washing machine repair man told me, washing machines typically last 6-8 years these days (which is pretty poor right there, in my opinion), could it not be said that, therefore, a "reasonable" person would expect a washing machine to last, say, at least half of that upper limit (or two-thirds of the lower) and so a washing machine that conks out (whilst well cared for) within four years can be consider not to have lasted a reasonable time? A one or two years guarantee doesn't really seem adequate for this sort of purchase.
Maybe I'll write one of those 50-word things and suggest this!