Smoking Voids apple warranties!

[Zubasa]

Oh really, so should we all wrap our shiny pc's and macs in bubblewrap to stop them accumulating non smokers dust particles also because this is also caused by the user and by your way of thinking this voids the warranty also, or should we all have industrial clean rooms as offices otherwise any normal family household by your logic voids the warranty anyway.

Not related to newtekies quote btw but some people just need to go on a witch hunt for the sake of it, makes me laugh when all the non smokers get up in arms on their high horses about smokers, get over it. You have a choice dont smoke, dont fricken moan to me if I do or dont thats my business, and can smoking in a room cause a pc/mac to die??? no can it hell, unless you fall asleep with the goddam cigarette and burn the house down.

Apple are just fail anyway, I would never buy any junk from them, but its so shiney and white fick fick must resist the shiney whiteness

Smoking can certainly damage electronics, more so then you ever expect :shadedshu
Having opened up and fixed many PC from smokers, I can tell you that the tar can seriously lower the cooling ability of a PC an causing it to overheat.
Other chemicals from the fumes can also be corrosive to the materials inside.

The only way you can prove that the owner in a smoker, is by the fact that the inside is sticky with tar.

 

[Mussels]

one overlooked fact here is simple: how could they even know these people are smokers in the first place, if the PC wasnt in poor condition and covered in tar internally?

 

[WarhammerTX]

More bs from a big company that nows they can tie you up in court and cost you out the wazoo to get them there.

 

[Velvet Wafer]

Whut??? *exhales thick yellow bong smoke, the fans of the benchcase, suck all the goo in*

i believe they start to run out of money, if they consider smoking "voided warranty"

 

[Jstn7477]

There is nothing the user can do about normal dust, it is expected.

However, there IS something the user can do about the extra dust and grime that is associated with smoking.

Normal wear and tear, this includes normal amounts of environmental dust, is acceptable. Extra wear and tear caused directly by the users actions is not.



Yes, actually smoking can harm electronics, no matter how much you on your high horse want to deny it. Smoke particles not only amount to extra dust, which clogs vents, and gums up fans, but it is also sticky. Which adds to the problem. So you not only have extra dust, but that dust tends to stick to everything. This, obviously, can lead to overheating and premature death of electronics.

This isn't anything new actually, a lot of electronics manufacturers will not warranty products in smoking environments.

And most non-smokers have no problem if you want to smoke in your private home, but don't do it in public where they have to smell it and deal with the shitty smell. There are some places that smoking is acceptable, bars for example, and others where it is not, restuarants for example.

I agree. Apple might just be saying it is a "biohazard" instead of really saying that smoking ended up killing the product.

 

[newtekie1]

one overlooked fact here is simple: how could they even know these people are smokers in the first place, if the PC wasnt in poor condition and covered in tar internally?

Exactly, if it is bad enough that they can actually tell you are a smoker simply by looking at the computer, then your warranty should be voided.:shadedshu

 

[THRiLL KiLL]

Exactly, if it is bad enough that they can actually tell you are a smoker simply by looking at the computer, then your warranty should be voided.:shadedshu

by that same logic, should your warranty be voided if you have a dog or cat?

 

[Velvet Wafer]

by that same logic, should your warranty be voided if you have a dog or cat?

moist air *cough*

 

[MN12BIRD]

Macs: Can't smoke, can't play video games.... what's next Porn voids the warranty because you can get a virus!

 

[btarunr]

Take your Mac to the service center, than calling a Mac guy home. They'll never know where it came from. Besides, if this looks a hassle before you decide to buy a Mac, choose with your wallet. ASUS, MSI, Acer, NEC, Lenovo, etc., have come up with some really nice all-in-one PCs.

 

[newtekie1]

by that same logic, should your warranty be voided if you have a dog or cat?

If you allow your dog or cat rub on the electronic device, and let their hair fill up the computer. And obviously if you let them urinate on it. Of course their hair doesn't tend to fill up the computer nearly as much as smoke, since the hairs are bigger and don't freely float through the air, they tend to just fall to the ground.

 

[95Viper]

That has got to be the lamest excuse in the world. Smoking aside. It could be the environment where the piece of equipment is used - maybe an automotive shop, kitchen, factory, warehouse, or etc.; a hundred of places there could be toxic fumes, smoke, or liquids(emitting vapors).

The product itself is an OSHA nightmare with all the toxins it contains.

I would not, have not and will not buy any rotten apples... I would recommend the same for anyone who asks me.
Just my opinion!

 

[Papahyooie]

regardless of whether it actually does damage the product (and it does, and yes I am a smoker) this is pretty shitty service. Smoke can mess up the air conditioner in your car, but if it breaks within your warrenty period they still fix it. This is like saying since you drive an SUV you pollute the environment, so you should be classified as a smoker for your health insurance since you'll be breathing in more pollutants of your own making. Smoking has nothing to do with the computer. Yes it does affect it, but its a totally seperate issue. And REGARDLESS of any of that, if theres nothing in the warranty (i dont know if there is, dont own one so ive never read it) that states that smoking voids it, it doesnt matter the circumstances they should have to honor it. If i drop my (hypothetical) mac off a cliff, if theres nothing in the warranty contract about excessive shock or accidental/purposeful damage due to neglect, then they should honor it.

 

[Velvet Wafer]

That has got to be the lamest excuse in the world. Smoking aside. It could be the environment where the piece of equipment is used - maybe an automotive shop, kitchen, factory, warehouse, or etc.; a hundred of places there could be toxic fumes, smoke, or liquids(emitting vapors).

The product itself is an OSHA nightmare with all the toxins it contains.

I would not, have not and will not buy any rotten apples... I would recommend the same for anyone who asks me.
Just my opinion!

nice allegory

 

[@RaXxaa@]

Thats just rediculous, either apple is bieng a smartass or something but you would need a heck alot a smoke and get it densed enough to form that much tar to fail a HDD and Optical drive..... And they said NUMBER 1 IN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION LOL.... I think its apple that does not have secured products that thier devices are failing, how does smoke get in a HDD?
Either way my Cuzin is a heavy smoker and has a Viao 5yrs old, its really old but still is going strong, but needs a Win reinstall, But come on its workin none the less

 

[MN12BIRD]

Thats just rediculous, either apple is bieng a smartass or something but you would need a heck alot a smoke and get it densed enough to form that much tar to fail a HDD and Optical drive..... And they said NUMBER 1 IN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION LOL.... I think its apple that does not have secured products that thier devices are failing, how does smoke get in a HDD?
Either way my Cuzin is a heavy smoker and has a Viao 5yrs old, its really old but still is going strong, but needs a Win reinstall, But come on its workin none the less

I work at a PC shop and we can ALWAYS tell a heavy smokers machine. Some of them are so bad the fans and everything else inside is covered in sticky TAR! This will easily jam the small fan in a laptop.

 

[Papahyooie]

very good point. i missed the part about the hard drive. Optical drive, yes, smoke can hurt it. A hard drive is sealed. There is no way smoke can cause a hard drive to fail (barring the smoke being so caked on it that it heats up and dies, which I highly doubt, and ive seen some pretty bad ones myself) so that right there just says that they are, pardon the pun, blowing smoke.

 

[allen337]

I think LAs smog should count for voiding warranty and anyone who lives within 50 miles of a coal mine, if your fire alarm has ever went off over burned toast, If you eat chili and fart, and anyone who dusts their house or sweeps it

 

[@RaXxaa@]

I work at a PC shop and we can ALWAYS tell a heavy smokers machine. Some of them are so bad the fans and everything else inside is covered in sticky TAR! This will easily jam the small fan in a laptop.

Well that laptop is going strong after 5 yrs!! and well just changing the fans out is it but doesnt mean you should remove warranty

 

[@RaXxaa@]

Maybe IW has something to do with these recent problematic activities , they have been pissing lots of ppl off lately

 

[KainXS]

applecare is just pure sh*t, I learned that a while back, they will hunt down every possible reason to void your warranty,

this is no joke

apple HATES their customers when their systems break, they void your warranty so you end up paying for their crappy super priced repairs that cost almost more than what you paid to get the item.

whats next., Oh I combed my hair in front of my computer, I guess my warranty is gone because some of the hair could be in there.

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

apple can just keep thier turds

 

[Steevo]

Notice how the overheating issues were solved by a cleaning?



Proper maintanince is not the job of the OEM, but of the user. And no, warranty doesn't cover your PC if you get a virus from a porn site either.




So all said and done, mac users are still douschebags for taking them in for a warranty cleaning, and probably braggin to their friends about being 'in" on techie stuff since their cool new fagbook needs some warranty work done and they know the person at the macstore who hooks them up.

 

[@RaXxaa@]

applecare is just pure sh*t, I learned that a while back, they will hunt down every possible reason to void your warranty,

this is no joke

apple HATES their customers when their systems break, they void your warranty so you end up paying for their crappy super priced repairs that cost almost more than what you paid to get the item.

whats next., Oh I combed my hair in front of my computer, I guess my warranty is gone because some of the hair could be in there.

Nice!

 

[KainXS]

no its horrible when you think of it like this, if you go to a hotspot everyday with your mac and theres always the usual smoker, dosen't this mean your mac is contaminated and your warranty is void?