Comment Re: Meaning of "lifetime" miss-understood by many (Score 1) 59
A lifetime warranty refers to the life of the product. I.e. a pair of waterproof shoes with lifetime warranty, are warrantied to be waterproof until they have a hole.
FTFY. Guarantees legally have a different meaning than warranties. If my company offers a guarantee on a product and anything goes wrong, they have to repair/replace. If we only offer a warranty on the product, we warrant it against defects for that timeframe.
Interestingly to me, my understanding was that lifetime warranty/guarantee/support had legally-binding requirements that companies had to set aside certain amounts of capital to legally claim. It's partially why my company trained me to say, "Unlimited support," as opposed to, "Lifetime support."