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We have min 2 years of warranty by law, they probably depend on people not going through the trouble requesting replacements.



Indeed - can you keep all the receipts? I have had LEDs replaced in warranty - but it's a massive hassle. They fail one by one, so less with than 2 quid each, it is mostly driving for a single lamp (and finding the correct receipt).


Replacing led bulbs under warranty is sometimes too complex and costly versus buying new ones: you need the receipt, you need to go to the store, they will exchange it with one that is as bad as the original and it will burn again.


We don't; for things like light bulbs, rechargeable batteries, etc. there is 6 months only.


Why would that be? The warranty is against defects in the product(design or manufacturing) that prevents you from using it for the expected lifetime. Limiting it to way shorter period than the lifetime doesn't feel right.


I didn't investigate too much when I was hit by this, but apparently it's because these kinds of goods suffer from wear. Now obviously, it doesn't make much sense to allow a manufacturer to advertise 10k hours for a lightbulb while only offering 6 months of warranty, but here we are.

For a laptop battery I might have put in more effort to dispute with the manufacturer, but for two ~5€ lightbulbs I just couldn't be arsed.


It's 2y in the EU and the UK.




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