Craig66
Contributor
I was perusing eBay and came across a Oceanic GEO 2.0 that some poor guy had bought and never used. He was listing it as a new product. I realized that although he was correctly calling it new and never used that it would come to the new owner with a non existent warranty even though it was only purchased a few months prior. This is as Oceanic not only only applies the warranty to the first owner but makes you prove you are the first owner.
I came to the realization that not only is that ridiculous and patently unfair but that it seems that for the most part it is a policy that is practiced by most scuba manufacturers. The warranty is to protect the purchaser for defects in manufacture that might only come out after sale. If you purchase a car the warranty hold through multiple buyers. Why if I buy a geo from an individual after he bought it from a legitimate dealer, do I as the new owner lose out on the protection of a manufacturing defect.
Now we are not talking about grey market stuff here I am restricting my question to equipment bought by the original owners through an authorized dealer.
Can anyone tell me which manufacturers do not have this ridiculous rule and actually stand by their product. I think that going forward that is going to play a role in deciding purchases for myself.
I came to the realization that not only is that ridiculous and patently unfair but that it seems that for the most part it is a policy that is practiced by most scuba manufacturers. The warranty is to protect the purchaser for defects in manufacture that might only come out after sale. If you purchase a car the warranty hold through multiple buyers. Why if I buy a geo from an individual after he bought it from a legitimate dealer, do I as the new owner lose out on the protection of a manufacturing defect.
Now we are not talking about grey market stuff here I am restricting my question to equipment bought by the original owners through an authorized dealer.
Can anyone tell me which manufacturers do not have this ridiculous rule and actually stand by their product. I think that going forward that is going to play a role in deciding purchases for myself.