Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!rutgers!psuvax1!psuvm!uh2 From: UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Mail order and warranty Message-ID: <89221.143815UH2@PSUVM> Date: 9 Aug 89 18:38:14 GMT References: <3581@csd4.milw.wisc.edu> <6530002@hp-ses.SDE.HP.COM> Organization: Penn State University - Center for Academic Computing Lines: 7 I think the deal was this: If an authorized dealer sells a bunch of Amigas to an "unauthorized" dealer, and then the unauthorized dealer sells the Amiga to you, then Commodore does not "honor" the warranty. The W goes to the first buyer, and Commodore deems that this is the unauthorized dealer. This arrangement is pretty common in the industry. lee