Of course, Rob wasn’t thinking about any of this.

Then there’s the whole matter of gray market electronics, which aren’t specifically banned in this country but don’t have a valid warranty, either. Yes, even if the item ships from an Amazon warehouse: outside sellers can use “Fulfilled by Amazon” warehouse services and your un-warrantied widget might even ship alongside items that are purchased from Amazon itself.

You might encounter this problem when shopping on Amazon: while Amazon itself might be an authorized seller, its Marketplace sellers mostly aren’t. Now, it can be a problem when buying electronics online that the vendor you’re buying from isn’t an authorized seller, which voids your warranty. Samsung told him a few different things: that they don’t warranty items bought online, or that his television came from Mexico or Canada. He had no reason not to believe them until something actually went wrong with the TV. ( Eric Hauser)Rob bought a TV from Groupon Goods, and found himself in a weird dilemma where Groupon promised that his new TV would have a manufacturer’s warranty.

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