I'm looking to sell a fridge to a friend. It was bought it brand new and I've had it for a year. The warranty card says it has a 2 year manufacturer's warranty for the original purchaser. If I provide my friend the receipts, is the warranty still valid?
Is Warranty for White Goods Transferable?
mclarge on 15/03/2016 - 11:06
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It does have my name and address
Don't see why not.
The warranty applies to the item not the owner according to the Australian Consumer Laws. The 2 year manufacturers warranty for the original owner might not apply to Australia given we have additional laws.
However I would call the company and find out. Just see if you can find out in general terms what the deal is.
I have always been under the impression that consumer guarantees were not transferable under the ACL as the goods would be deemed second hand. Unless the goods were received as a gift
266 Rights of gift recipients
If a consumer acquires goods from a supplier and gives them to
another person as a gift, the other person may, subject to any
defence which would be available to the supplier against the
consumer:
(a) exercise any rights or remedies under this Subdivision which
would be available to the other person if he or she had
acquired the goods from the supplier; and
(b) any reference in this Subdivision to a consumer includes a
reference to the other person accordingly.I could be wrong.
Always wondered this too.
Do the receipts have your name on them? If not, I can't see how they could not honour it…