Some companies (Zippo Lighters comes to mind) offer lifetime
guarantees on their products, but do not limit the warranty
to workmanship and materials.
I recently sent my 25+ year old sterling silver Zippo to the
factory because the hinge had finally worn out. It was back
in my hands in ten calendar days with a new hinge, a new
internal lighter assembly, and two flints. No charge for
repair or mailing!
My Zippo is the only thing I own that I think is more
elegantly engineered than my OM-1n.
-Nick T.
"M. Lloyd" wrote:
>
> Lifetime Guarantees are easy for companies like Snap
> On, Sears, Gitzo to do because they have the money to
> do it and it improves their image dramatically. From
> what it looks like this is just one guy or a small
> company doing this and therefore cannot afford a
> "Lifetime Warranty" cause they might not even know how
> long they are going to be in the business. Does that
> mean their products are any less quality than
> companies? Probably not (although there are glaring
> exceptions). From the first post on this subject it
> seems these tripod heads are made by a VERY small
> outfit. Any outright defects should appear in two
> years unless you keep it in a box. A lifetime warranty
> would be very expensive if you insisted, maybe
> doubling or tripling (or more) the price due to
> economy of scale. Just my .02...
>
> Mark Lloyd
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