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.
Same experience here with Zippo. That company's president used to be a guy
called Schuler, no relation, by the way. Anyway, I talked to him on the
phone back in the early 80's about this and that. Then my brother got ahold
of him a few years later and came away with a solid gold Zippo for his
trouble--my brother has a splendid gift for gab, though. <g>
Tris
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