In message <001101be37f5$aeaad8e0$253fcea7@tommarin.optonline.net>,
tmariner <tmariner@OPTONLINE.NET> writes
>Two days ago on New Years Day I set my six-months-old VCR to tape the New
>Years Eve concert from Vienna. When I got off the Internet in the middle of
>the concert I noticed that the tape had not begun to record! It turns out
>that there was no 1/1/99 in the date control chip in this volume VCR! the
>date would progress from 12/31/98 to 1/1/00 to 1/2/99 upon up and down date
>commands!!

Nasty :-). What make VCR was it?, if you were in the UK you would have
the right to have your money refunded (assuming you didn't want the
VCR), as it's 'not fit for the purpose for which it was purchased'. Does
a similar customer 'right' apply in the States as well?.
--

Nigel.

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