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| Thread ID: 67822 | 2006-04-07 00:26:00 | is it legal to sell imported cell phones in NZ? | bizzack (7739) | PC World Chat |
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| 444620 | 2006-04-10 07:33:00 | Surely with items like cellphones and laptops, digital cameras pple travel internationally and use them .. It would be hard to digest when pple have to purchase new adaptors just to be on the right side of the law. | Nomad (952) | ||
| 444621 | 2006-04-10 08:01:00 | The difference is that the advice was given to people importing them for sale. Very different to bringing one into the country for your own use. A device such as a cellphone charger requires a "declaration of compliance" by the supplier before being offered for sale, since September 2001. The PDF document that gives some more insight is here: www.ess.govt.nz r%20from%201%20September.pdf There are a large number of devices that do have their adapter replaced at the NZ end with a compliant one, either because they don't comply or that their compliance cannot be economically proven. There has to be some minimum requirement to ensure safe equipment only is sold. If the main importers have to do it by law, why would a "parallel importer" be exempt? While the adapter with a genuine Nokia is likely to be fine, you still have to prove that it's the real thing and covered by the paperwork, as it could also be a $2 Chinese or Korean knock-off that's unsafe. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 444622 | 2006-04-11 00:59:00 | Even official compliance isn't a total guarantee of safety. It appears that the early power supplies for the MS XBox 360 had a 3% failure rate through overheating. People were recommending suspending the PS from strings, so air could flow all around it. ;) | Graham L (2) | ||
| 444623 | 2006-04-11 02:40:00 | For me I only import official nokie mobiles from Hong Kong and I don't like giving people 7 days warranty.I give them a full year There's a Warranty sticker on their mobile,charger and battery so if there's any problems I go back to them I have heard people using non branded chargers especially non branded batteries which they used on a magazine. I read in a chinese magazine saying that there was this kid who was talking on his nokia cellphone when the battery suddnely exploded. He was ok alright but had a bit of shock. IT wasn't nokia's fault of course as he was using a non nokia battery |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 444624 | 2006-04-11 05:50:00 | There's a Warranty sticker on their mobile,charger and battery so if there's any problems I go back to them I don't see what the warranty has to do with it however, as warranty and safety compliance are two entirely different things. You import it for sale so only you have the responsibility for it's safety compliance, not Nokia. You cannot contract around that law or avoid it, why not just request the statement of conformity for the devices from Nokia when you buy them? If they cannot/will not supply them, that should alert you that all is not well. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 444625 | 2006-04-11 07:14:00 | I don't see what the warranty has to do with it however, as warranty and safety compliance are two entirely different things. You import it for sale so only you have the responsibility for it's safety compliance, not Nokia. You cannot contract around that law or avoid it, why not just request the statement of conformity for the devices from Nokia when you buy them? If they cannot/will not supply them, that should alert you that all is not well. The warranty label proves that they are genuine and that all testing has been done. |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 444626 | 2006-04-11 07:23:00 | But it's not a certificate of compliance. It protects the buyer. A certificate of compliance protects the vendor. Have a look at the first few lines of that document GF gave a link to. That's what the regulations under law say. (The cellphone supplies probably come under "N".) Have a look at the Act for the penalties. Then find somewhere to hide. :) | Graham L (2) | ||
| 444627 | 2006-04-11 07:28:00 | <sigh> I give up. Clearly I know nothing about this subject. </sigh> |
godfather (25) | ||
| 444628 | 2006-04-11 07:28:00 | The warranty label proves that they are genuine and that all testing has been done.??? Last time i used the word warranty, i took it to mean that the manufacturer is propared to replace the product if you get less than a year (or whatever product life they are happy to bet on) before it breaks. It has little to do with the safety of the product and nothing to do will any legal or compliancy issues that may or may not arise. You asked about the legalitys... Well, if anyone in this forum would now about the legalitys, it would be godfather. Should you choose to ignore his advice, and sell something while ignoring the legalitys, that is your choice. However please don't put the blinkers on so you can pretend to yourself that everything is legal just because people are saying what you don't want to hear. |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 444629 | 2006-04-11 07:47:00 | <sigh> I give up. Clearly I know nothing about this subject. </sigh> For somebody with no knowledge in the subject you seem to have commented alot :rolleyes: P.S What back ground do you have, as many here might not know( I know I don't) |
plod (107) | ||
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