>>>>On that subject, I can name at least three companies that advertise a warranty that applies as long as you own the product or for life of the product. You draw your own conclusions from that.
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>>>LOL! "Guaranteed for as long as it works"...
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>>Nope, not true. Ever hear of the Martin Guitar Co. (www.mguitar.com)? Lifetime guarantees on all their instruments. I have a friend who owned a Martin D18. He bought it in the mid-60s when he paid $400.00 for it. He had stopped playing years ago, and recently decided to sell it. It had been in storage for awhile, and when he pulled it out of its case, he noted that the face of the instrument had cracked. He didn't think he was going to get too much for it, so he took it to a dealer. The dealer looked at the guitar and gave him $1,800.00 for it crack and all. Why? Lifetime guarantee, Martin will fix it.
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>I was trying to be funny (d'oh! failed again). I'd like to come back in 10000 years and see what that guitar looks like then... 8^)

You didn't fail, Paul. I haven't been in particularly good humor lately, so perhaps I took a bit of a too serious tack. However, beneath the humor was a valid point that the term "life of the product" could mean simply that it would work until it broke (and perhaps, in some cases, does< g >). I was trying to point out that there are American manufacturers who still do build quality products and stand behind them.