Marnie - I agree with you in general, but it just falls under the catch-all of misuse. You'll never find a warranty that lists everything specifically.
Back in the stone age of the audio repair shop, we had a fellow that brought in a cassette player that didn't work. We found the cassette player jammed with the bodies of about 50 box elder bugs. A short conversation with him turned up the info that he didn't have window screens but like keeping his windows open for circulation. We fixed it, but it wasn't covered under the warranty. I can't begin to count the number of hot wheels cars we took out of cassette players and VCRs. That slot must look like a garage to 3 year old kids. Most of the time, we would go out of our way to bend the rules in favor of the customer. But sometimes you just can't. gs On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:52 PM, <eactiv...@aol.com> wrote: > In a message dated 11/24/2009 10:02:08 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > gsi...@gmail.com writes: > I don't know about bio-hazards, but I can understand that heavy > smoking could bring premature electronic failure, > > The gunk from smoke collects on everything. It's a sticky goo that > attracts and traps dust. This coats the electronics causing higher > than normal heat buildup and failure of the components. Heat is the > biggest enemy of electronic gear. > > A few of decades ago, when smoking in the workplace was common, I ran > a repair shop for audio equipment. The techs, even those that smoked, > hated working on the equipment that came from a smokers house. It > was covered with a yellowish sticky goo that stinks. > > I don't see why computers would be any different. I would guess the > cooling fans would draw the smoke through the device and make the > problem even worse. > > GS > > > ============= > Well, and good, but if they want to void the warranty because of that, the > warranty should expressly say so. > > Marnie > > --------------------------------------------- > We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we > created them. Albert Einstein > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- George Sinos -------------------- gsi...@att.net www.georgesphotos.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
