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Antler suitcase warranty - anyone claimed on anything similar?

kuepper · 2017-01-12 01:11:57

Bought a suitcase with 10 yr warranty and assumed it would last that long as Antler are a good make as far as I knew. 3 trips later involving about 10 flights the rubber covering the wire frame on one corner split exposing about 6 inches of wire with nothing around it, and a split was starting on the other rubber covered…

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wealdroam Posts: 19,180 Forumite

9 February 2017 at 4:11PM

kuepper wrote: »

as there was defective workmanship and materials (otherwise they wouldn't have replaced it) that is nothing to do with luck, and if those preconditions cause splits to appear after normal handling it means the suitcase wasn't fit for the purpose of safely enclosing the contents

Absolutely right.

Now read Timbstoke's second sentence.

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