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A comment on Notice of Stolen EVGA GeForce RTX 30-Series Graphics Cards. Parent comment

Re:Notice of Stolen EVGA GeForce RTX 30-Series Graphics Cards by breakfastduck on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @07:09PM (#29101708)
Yes they're obligated to offer a 'reasonable' warranty but this isn't what you get if you register. You get a significantly increased warranty as stated by other commenters getting a card upgrade years after their card failed.

EVGA are particularly generous in this regard compared to others.

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Re:Notice of Stolen EVGA GeForce RTX 30-Series Graphics Cards by verve_rat on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @08:17PM (#29102255)
If the company is willing to warrant the card for X years if you register it, then surely X years is the minimum bounds of a reasonable lifetime?

I wonder if anyone in a "reasonable lifetime" guaranteed by law jurisdiction has used that line of thinking.

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Re:Notice of Stolen EVGA GeForce RTX 30-Series Graphics Cards by Dylan16807 on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @09:54PM (#29102832)
> If the company is willing to warrant the card for X years if you register it, then surely X years is the minimum bounds of a reasonable lifetime?

What makes you say that?

Depending on who you ask, a reasonable lifetime for a phone is 2 to 6 years. But if I want to make my customers feel nice and secure I might offer a 10 year warranty, knowing that very few people will actually keep it that long.

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Re:Notice of Stolen EVGA GeForce RTX 30-Series Graphics Cards by tedunangst on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @08:31PM (#29102360)
Should companies be prohibited from offering unreasonable extended warranties?
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