FTC Warns Manufacturers That 'Warranty Void If Removed' Stickers Are Illegal
This was not in the US.<p>My father used to own a computer repair shop. Some of the computers were assembled by us, some were not. After a service was performed, there was a warranty (two months if memory servers).<p>What would happen is that people would pick their computer up, open it, do some stupid stuff, and then come back and try to claim the warranty. Best one was some guy that installed the CPU in a incorrect orientation on purpose, to see if it would &quot;improve performance&quot;. Burned out the CPU and motherboard and tried to blame us. This was back at the Pentium Overdrive days.<p>So we started adding those stickers in the case itself. People would be free to remove them, but we would not honor any warranties if so.<p>As a consumer, I know it sucks. But I do know the other side, people will do really stupid things and then try to get others to clean up after them.