On Tue, 14 May 2013 04:39:39 AM James Harper wrote:

> Not necessarily Linux related, but I just got off the phone with a certain
> large computer manufacture trying to resolve a failed harddisk on a 3 month
> old computer

Was this HP by some chance?

They got fined $3,000,000 in the Federal Court on July 5th for misleading or
deceptive conduct with respect to warranties... 

http://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/hp-to-pay-3-million-for-misleading-consumers-and-retailers

Full judgement here:

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCA/2013/653.html

HP article:

http://www8.hp.com/au/en/ad/consumer_guarantees/warranty-policy.html?jumpid=in_r11566_au/en/hho/pps/pl_gi_ob_ds_pd/Important-notice_cc/dt

cheers,
Chris
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