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Jeez, and the world thinks that Americans are litigious..........

You dont need legal advice, you need lessons in how to hold onto a watch. Was it your first day with the new hands?

Let omega fix the watch under warrantee and stop carrying on about legal nonsense.

Best

Paul

: I would have to say that I disagree.

: Under the '74 Sale Of Good Act you are right
: that items sold must be fit for the purpose.
: By this the legislation means 'fit for the
: purpose for which the goods were intended'.
: So for example you couldn't sell a casio
: memorybank watch as a diver watch because
: it's not water resistant and no fit for the
: purpose. Clearly I'd agree that Seamaster
: Pro, as a diving watch, ought to be fit for
: that purpose. Particularly as should the
: equipment be used for it's professional
: purpose in calculating diving times, that
: your life is in it's hands.

: On a personal note I had a quartz SMP for the
: better part of four years and it took one
: hell of a beating from me. It got hit,
: shaken, battered, bumped, knocked,
: scratched, scraped and it kept ticking just
: fine.

: I'd suggest that the merchandise is faulty
: because let's face it, if assuming all is as
: you say and you only dropped it two feet by
: accident then you would expect a £1100
: diver's watch to withstand this and keep
: working. In this case you are entitled to a
: REFUND only. It is the seller's option to
: offer to exchange it.

: In practice if they're not going to play the
: game and replace it then you're pretty much
: going to have to either take one for the
: team, so to speak, or take action.

: It depends how bothered you are about the wait
: for a repair under guarantee. I'd say it's a
: fairly bad turn on the part of the seller
: because it's not like it'd be a huge problem
: to return to supplier as faulty.

: In law you'd probably be right. In practice
: it's another matter.

: I realise now this is an old message but as
: I've written all this before noicing I'm
: gonna post anyway!!!

: All the best,

: Pete J