I am interested in purchasing a Landice treadmill for home use. Apparently, Landice (www.landice.com) has a lifetime, "assignable" warranty, which is a big selling point for me. I went to the local distributor and talked about price. Then I went online to compare, and found comparable prices, HOWEVER I found one online place that claimed that Landice units bought from an out-of-state supplier (and thereby not being charged state sales tax) are NOT eligable for this lifetime warranty. This sounds fishy. Why would it not be covered if bought online? Is the local dealer somehow involved in the warranty? If so, and the local guy goes out of business, then what? Besides a friendly face, why should I buy from the local guy assuming he can't beat the online price (including sales tax and any other things of that nature)?
Local sales taxes pay for a lot of of things that you enjoy (but apparently take for granted) such as parks, roads, hospitals, schools and police and fire protection.
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Chris Jarshant said:
I am interested in purchasing a Landice treadmill for home use. Apparently, Landice (www.landice.com) has a lifetime, "assignable" warranty, which is a big selling point for me. I went to the local distributor and talked about price. Then I went online to compare, and found comparable prices, HOWEVER I found one online place that claimed that Landice units bought from an out-of-state supplier (and thereby not being charged state sales tax) are NOT eligable for this lifetime warranty. This sounds fishy. Why would it not be covered if bought online? Is the local dealer somehow involved in the warranty? If so, and the local guy goes out of business, then what? Besides a friendly face, why should I buy from the local guy assuming he can't beat the online price (including sales tax and any other things of that nature)?
Dealing with the local guy also helps keep him in business. Doing your "shopping" at local stores, then buying cheaper on-line is a good way, long term, to not have any local stores left. bj
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Local sales taxes pay for a lot of of things that you enjoy (but apparently take for granted) such as parks, roads, hospitals, schools and police and fire protection.
Chris Jarshant said:
...and the local guy goes out of business, then what? Besides a friendly face, why should I buy from the local guy assuming he can't beat the online price (including sales tax and any other things of that nature)?
I believe the deal is that you must have a landice treadmill installed by a dealer and/or the dealer must be within 50 miles from where you have it or the lifetime warrenty is null and void. I ran across several user reviews while trying to decide on buying a treadmill that mentioned problems with internet purchases of landice and the warrenty. This little tidbid just happened to "not" make it into the Consumer Reports glowing review of Landice.
Chris Jarshant said:
I am interested in purchasing a Landice treadmill for home use. Apparently, Landice (www.landice.com) has a lifetime, "assignable" warranty, which is a big selling point for me. I went to the local distributor and talked about price. Then I went online to compare, and found comparable prices, HOWEVER I found one online place that claimed that Landice units bought from an out-of-state supplier (and thereby not being charged state sales tax) are NOT eligable for this lifetime warranty. This sounds fishy. Why would it not be covered if bought online? Is the local dealer somehow involved in the warranty? If so, and the local guy goes out of business, then what? Besides a friendly face, why should I buy from the local guy assuming he can't beat the online price (including sales tax and any other things of that nature)?
