Re: EU law forces Apple two-year warranty | Macworld

2012-04-16 Thread Travis Siegel
I don't know about the eu, but in the US, if you purchased applecare, you got a 3-year warrantee with the product, instead of the default 1 year you get just by buying the thing. Was it different in the EU? <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your

Re: EU law forces Apple two-year warranty | Macworld

2012-04-11 Thread Geoff Waaler
11, 2012 3:35 PM Subject: Re: EU law forces Apple two-year warranty | Macworld Hi Jeff, Actually, what truly impacts the pricing of any product here are the tax rates, and at least last time I studied this, consumers and producers bargaining. They're usually price ratios which are deter

Re: EU law forces Apple two-year warranty | Macworld

2012-04-11 Thread Timothy J. Meloy
plain when their electric bills >>>>> skyrocket and they can't afford to fill their gas tanks, or purchase food >>>>> (which generally requires transportation). >>>>> >>>>> To keep this topical, its probably fair to conclude that citize

Re: EU law forces Apple two-year warranty | Macworld

2012-04-11 Thread John Panarese
gt;>>>> Ironically, those vary people complain when their electric bills >>>>> skyrocket and they can't afford to fill their gas tanks, or purchase food >>>>> (which generally requires transportation). >>>>> >>>>> To keep th

Re: EU law forces Apple two-year warranty | Macworld

2012-04-11 Thread Bryan Jones
on). >>>> >>>> To keep this topical, its probably fair to conclude that citizens of the >>>> affected EU nations shouldn't be surprised to discover that this will hit >>>> them directly in the pocket book, which would be identical to the affe

Re: EU law forces Apple two-year warranty | Macworld

2012-04-11 Thread John Panarese
; To keep this topical, its probably fair to conclude that citizens of the >>> affected EU nations shouldn't be surprised to discover that this will hit >>> them directly in the pocket book, which would be identical to the affect of >>> raising taxes on Apple. Cor

Re: EU law forces Apple two-year warranty | Macworld

2012-04-11 Thread Bryan Jones
o discover that this will hit >> them directly in the pocket book, which would be identical to the affect of >> raising taxes on Apple. Corporations do not pay taxes you see -- they >> simply collect them from their customers. >> >> Best regards. >> Geoff >>

Re: EU law forces Apple two-year warranty | Macworld

2012-04-11 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
ollect them from their customers. > > Best regards. > Geoff > > ----- Original Message - From: "Nicolai Svendsen" > To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 6:52 AM > Subject: Re: EU law forces Apple two-year warrant

Re: EU law forces Apple two-year warranty | Macworld

2012-04-11 Thread John Panarese
, which would be identical to the affect of > raising taxes on Apple. Corporations do not pay taxes you see -- they simply > collect them from their customers. > > Best regards. > Geoff > > - Original Message ----- From: "Nicolai Svendsen" > To: "Mac OSX &a

Re: EU law forces Apple two-year warranty | Macworld

2012-04-11 Thread Geoff Waaler
essibility" Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 6:52 AM Subject: Re: EU law forces Apple two-year warranty | Macworld Hi, Actually, this is perfectly justifiable. Before just now, you only got one year of warranty if you included AppleCare, which truthfully isn't any better than what the

Re: EU law forces Apple two-year warranty | Macworld

2012-04-11 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Actually, this is perfectly justifiable. Before just now, you only got one year of warranty if you included AppleCare, which truthfully isn't any better than what the insurance any other company can provide. In a lot of countries, you have an insurance which covers all damages to electronic

EU law forces Apple two-year warranty | Macworld

2012-04-10 Thread Sarah Alawami
I'm not so sure what to think of this. but here's the article. the reader is available in this one. http://www.macworld.com/article/1166194/eu_law_forces_apple_twoyear_warranty.html#lsrc.rss_products_ipod <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your mes