</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Capricorn:
<strong>Update:- Sony UK have now apologised and informed me that the Guarantee period through their Repair Agents is 15 months from date of manufacture and not 12 months as I had been told. They say they introduced this as so many people have trouble producing proof of purchase.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">so , when u buy a sony product u have to check the date of Mfg, if u go to the proverbial dixons/currys/pcwhold , who have a habit of buying obsolete (sorry- latest today , but faster one just been advertised) ,,the boxes are security sealed.

when u take it out of the box , just pray that the Mfg date is more than 12m or it is eating into your "statutory" 12m warranty.

To put this bluntly $ollocks !!!! , your warrenty with the retail outlet is 12m (one year) FROM THE DAY Of PURCHACE ,,,tell sony.uk to f.off u are entitled to 12m warrenty ,,,,

go show this to trading standards, they will laugh at sony.uk

ps : remember ,,,your warrenty is with retailer ,,,HE pays postage/carrage NOT u

freddy