"mrhoef" wrote in message
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If you are so curious, I will have to satisfy you.

Thanks!

The unit is dented on one side and posh retailers like Marks & Spencers
don't sell them off cheap in a bargain corner, so they get sent to an
auction where anyone can buy them.

I like the sound of this place!

It is a cheap, but risky buy, since you dont' know what is wrong with the
merchandise and clearly there is no guarantee or warranty.


Not with the auction house, no, but if you bought it in the UK (assumption
drawn from the M&S reference, sorry if I'm wrong), your statutory rights
should be unaffected, provided the damage is not so great that it could have
caused the fault. For example, if the force that caused the dent also
cracked a PCB or destroyed the magnetron, they'd be within their rights to
refuse to honour the warranty.

I'd try the manufacturer and see if they're interested, what do you have to
lose?

Dave