Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Aug. 2009
In general terms, by guarantee refers to the action that a person, a company or business take with the object to secure what has been opportunely stipulated in a contractual commitment, that is, through the concretion or presentation of a guarantee, what is intended to be done is to provide a greater safety to the compliance of a obligation or the payment of a debt, as appropriate.
Not only through the presentation of a guarantee is the obligation to respond to a problem in the functioning of what was agreed but also that the guarantee is the document that in case that answer does not appear one can present before the justice or before the authority competent for the compliance that was agreed to be required.
Purchase guarantee
Because, for example, for consumers, it will be of great importance to know that if you buy this or that product in a certain store, it will offers the guarantee that in the event that shortly after purchasing a product or service, generally the term is usually between six months and year, if it presents any kind of problem with regard to its correct operation, immediately, the company will take care of its arrangement so that it works again as it was purchased, or failing that, the replacement of the same product or service, if it is not in stock, by example.
Many times and especially when buying electronic items, consumers often demand that they be given the Corresponding guarantee, it may even be the cause that someone desists of a purchase if it is not delivered according.
This guarantee is made effective and manifested through a paper of the manufacturer or marketing company, in the which will record the period of time covered by the warranty and the date on which the product was purchased. At this point, then, it is very important that when a product with a purchase guarantee is delivered to us, the precise day, month and year in which it is purchased because from the same moment the time of the warranty. If that date is not properly set, the relevant claim cannot be made in the event of non-compliance.
Of course, once that period has passed, if there is any problem with the purchase, it will no longer correspond to whoever sold the product to replace or fix it, but to the consumer.
Claims for breach of warranty
Meanwhile, most consumer protection laws contemplate a double guarantee regime, one called contractual or voluntary, which is precisely the one we described more above and the other type called legal, which, broadly speaking, provides that all buyers of things that are not consumed in their first use, for example, watches, computers, household appliances, Automobiles, among others, will enjoy a legal guarantee, generally of at least three months, in the event that technical defects or defects arise that affect the proper functioning of the property. acquired.
In the case that, for example, a company does not want to respond to a situation such as the one described, the consumer must resort to the advisory from the National Office of Consumer Defense, which will provide you with the tools so that you can claim more firmly.
Guarantee of a property
Also, when a person needs to rent a property, the conditions required include the presentation of a guarantee, which It will be represented, for example, by the property title of another property, which will act as a guarantee and which is normally provided by an acquaintance, friend or family. This implies that if the person who rents the apartment or house defaults on the payment of the rent, whoever left the guarantee, that he will be the owner of the property presented as a guarantee, will be the one who must answer for this lack of payment, taking clear as payment support the value of the property that has.
It is because of this situation that people tend to act as guarantors for those they certainly know and in whom they have confidence they will meet the demands of such a contract.
The value of the word and of the antecedents
It is also worth highlighting that there are symbolic guarantees, associated with the knowledge of a performance or the value of a pawned word, that is, the product, object or person in question does not come with a written guarantee but we believe in its value because we know them and for example we know that They are capable of performing in a certain way and on the other hand because we trust them, that is enough guarantee for us that everything will work. okay.
Warranty Issues