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Easy solution if you like tariffs: all imported items over $100 must have a 10 year full warranty.[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson%E2%80%93Moss_Warranty...

Is it easy? What if an organization avoids liability through shell companies and financial engineering?

"The company managing your warranty was acquired by Foobar Inc and their sole building burned down destroying all records. We apologize for the inconvenience."

Well there is the option to make Amazon responsible for what they sell...

I think they should be responsible for accurate listings, swift refunds, taking down misleading products, and banning repeat offenders. I somehow think making Amazon "responsible for what they sell" goes far beyond that in ways that are not reasonable. Only those that make products should be responsible for them.

Well they don't ban repeat offenders. Trying to directly regulate the banning of repeat offenders seems more difficult and less fruitful than giving the store fallback responsibility for the warranty.

Australia gives the store primary responsibility and it seems to work well for them.

I guess if they aren't prohibited from having a contract with the manufacturers to have them fulfill or reimburse warranty claims, then it would be acceptable to to require stores to honor it. They'll be more careful about who they allow in.

Oh sure, I'd encourage the manufacturer paying whenever possible. This is just a fallback for no-name trash.

Amazon should somehow be known as the company that sells crap then, they need a reputation like AliExpress and other stores can take the quality reputation sector.

> Amazon should somehow be known as the company that sells crap then,

I thought they already did. That's certainly my impression of them.

When most fortune 500 companies burned brand-goodwill to sell disposable versions of products, it is credulous to believe all problems are external. =3

Demand collateral

That's what bonds are for. US customs requires prepaid bonds for other things. Importers who don't have enough assets would have to post a bond to cover repairs for the product. They get it back at 10 years.

A way to get the right to repair for the rest of the world.

Apple/MS/Google would have to keep their products working for 10 years.

Comment is unrelated to the link, except that both have the word "Warranty".

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