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| Case | Fractal Design Meshify-C |
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| Software | Win 10 Professional 64 bit |
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The law has been in place for nearly 45 years.
Its up to consumers to be knowledgable, but it is expressly covered, that any ambiguity within a companies warranty "rules" will work against the writer of the rules & not the consumer. Years ago when I used to do work servicing Dell products, I contacted support in regards to an issue involving the "void if removed" stickers ,and the (the agent i was speaking with) out right admitted to me they (VIR stickers) don't apply in the US. Within the last 10 years I've had a couple companies admit the same thing, the problem is knowing something to be true, & being able to do anything about it are entirely different. Another problem would be that federal law (as in the one I linked above) only applies to the US, but these protections have been in place for a long time
As far as a given product costing more than it cost to make, that's just basic market demand/business. It isn't how much it cost to make, it's how much it's worth to the buyer. If one phone is too expensive for your liking, Buy a lower end model. It's such a first world problem ,to complain that the highest end phone is too expensive, but I bet that you still bought it
. There's phones that cost under $50, just buy one of them, and keep in mind material costs ,& Assembly are not the only expenses when manufacturing components/products. There's the proprietary technology, insurance for employees, material costs, shipping concerns, legal teams, and an infinite Number of other expenses that help to drive these prices up. But if you think it's expensive how it is now, try building one yourself, it'll cost you $20,000 to build the same phone that you can get for $800.
This reminds me of a video I saw, where a man was telling a story about a guy who got tired of paying eight dollars for his bacon lettuce and tomato sandwich, so he decided he would try to do it himself for less.
He bought the tomato and lettuce seeds, spent six months growing them, got the grain of wheat and processed it to make the bread, bought a pig, slaughtered and butchered it.....It ended up costing in the thousands for the same bacon lettuce tomato sandwich ,that he could've gotten for eight bucks without the year long wait.
Convenience is an easily overlooked aspect as a consumer
Its up to consumers to be knowledgable, but it is expressly covered, that any ambiguity within a companies warranty "rules" will work against the writer of the rules & not the consumer. Years ago when I used to do work servicing Dell products, I contacted support in regards to an issue involving the "void if removed" stickers ,and the (the agent i was speaking with) out right admitted to me they (VIR stickers) don't apply in the US. Within the last 10 years I've had a couple companies admit the same thing, the problem is knowing something to be true, & being able to do anything about it are entirely different. Another problem would be that federal law (as in the one I linked above) only applies to the US, but these protections have been in place for a long time
As far as a given product costing more than it cost to make, that's just basic market demand/business. It isn't how much it cost to make, it's how much it's worth to the buyer. If one phone is too expensive for your liking, Buy a lower end model. It's such a first world problem ,to complain that the highest end phone is too expensive, but I bet that you still bought it
. There's phones that cost under $50, just buy one of them, and keep in mind material costs ,& Assembly are not the only expenses when manufacturing components/products. There's the proprietary technology, insurance for employees, material costs, shipping concerns, legal teams, and an infinite Number of other expenses that help to drive these prices up. But if you think it's expensive how it is now, try building one yourself, it'll cost you $20,000 to build the same phone that you can get for $800.This reminds me of a video I saw, where a man was telling a story about a guy who got tired of paying eight dollars for his bacon lettuce and tomato sandwich, so he decided he would try to do it himself for less.
He bought the tomato and lettuce seeds, spent six months growing them, got the grain of wheat and processed it to make the bread, bought a pig, slaughtered and butchered it.....It ended up costing in the thousands for the same bacon lettuce tomato sandwich ,that he could've gotten for eight bucks without the year long wait.
Convenience is an easily overlooked aspect as a consumer
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Done some troubleshooting, but problem still there for now. I'll start a thread on it if I need help.
