Bose warranty change?
 

I called bose the other day since my qc20i's were acting up and out of warranty. I heard all the stories of people saying $89 for a "trade in" if you were out of warranty.


I called two stores AND the official support line and they told me it's $189. One of the stores said it's a new policy (though you know how store reps are)


Anyone else see this, or am I just unlucky?

Yes. Secondhand from my co-worker who spoke to Bose customer service 2 days ago, the Bose warranty has been tightened earlier this week. I don't have more specifics than that but definitely not just you.

AFAIK it happened on Monday. The biggest selling point IMO was that the stuff works, and when it doesn't you're a phone call and 2 or 3 days away from having it work.



I CAN'T recommend bose to friends anymore :/

Did something else change that you didn't post?

No, the quality probably won't change but it's VERY hard to justify $300 for headphones + tax (13% where I am)


Knowing no matter what you'll be covered and $100 fee to upgrade in 3 years made things a lot easier to swallow!

Wow, I must have lucked out. I contacted them via Twitter and they swapped out my qc20 at no charge at 15 months.

That's unfortunate.

I'm on my fourth pair of QC25s. The first time I snapped off a cable connector when forgetting to disconnect the headset before exiting a JetBlue flight (and the store just replaced the entire package since they didn't have a cable), but the other two replacements were legitimate situations where the headphones crapped out for reasons I don't know. All of the replacements were less than 12 months since the last replacement, but it's unfortunate to know that it's getting more strict.

So do you now understand why they had to change this policy?

This is why we can't have nice things.

The damn headphones cost $400! The production cost is likely around $50 end to end for them! This isn't like audio technica where you get a well made pair for $100....

how long ago was that?

Three weeks maybe.

The production cost for the QC25 was more like $31.

However, you're not buying the sum of those parts the the cost of labor to assemble them. You're buying the technology behind it. :)

And the word "Bose" costs a lot too.

(I'm on my 2nd pair.)

I know there is more than the production cost. It's just annoying that now you CAN'T replace the battery meaning they will be useless in a few years of heavy use.


Before, that would be OK considering it wouldn't cost too much to get the "repaired" / replaced.


Now they expect me (and others) to pay OVER $500 Canadian, and not have the confidence that if I have any issues with warranty will be hassle free?


Call it "abuse" but I originally bought the QC2's and when they got worn out after a few years my upgrade cycle cost me $100 for each new pair. This was a great deal but now I'll probably drop bose once my qc25's die

Well, the word Bose costing was justified by the trading up feature. I bought a used Bose QC3 in 2007 , exchanged it sometimes free sometimes for $100 when it broke then upgraded to the QC15 for the famous $100. Already for the QC 25 they wanted more than $100 and I think my next headphones simply won't be Bose.