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Western Digital Hard warranty "out of region"?
Hi. Has anyone had issues with a hard drive still under warranty however " out of region" with western digital? ? For example, lets say you purchased a hard drive in one country that you moved...
Also bear in mind that most warranties are not legally enforceable in many countries as they try to restrict/limit statutory laws. Software companies are notorious for this, e.g.:
- "by opening this package you accept the license terms (which are inside the package)", and
- "this software probably won't do what it's advertised to, but hey that's your problem buddy"
Perhaps if you contact WD and offer to pay additional postage costs they will honour the warranty. Otherwise find a way to have it forwarded once it is replaced under warranty in the original country.
Be careful what you wish for in having "one region" - you don't want to end up with the EU :-)
- "by opening this package you accept the license terms (which are inside the package)", and
- "this software probably won't do what it's advertised to, but hey that's your problem buddy"
Perhaps if you contact WD and offer to pay additional postage costs they will honour the warranty. Otherwise find a way to have it forwarded once it is replaced under warranty in the original country.
Be careful what you wish for in having "one region" - you don't want to end up with the EU :-)
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