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>relative to the price paid

TV set you get on Black Friday works until X-mas. It was a bargain, what did you expect?

That discount you got on your car? You think it was because of your outstanding negotiation skills? Think again, the seller swapped a cheaper bifurcator, meaning your mileage will suffer. But is it wrong? You got a discount.

If you sell it, if needs to be good. If it is not good, you cannot sell it. There's no price in question.

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In Norway, it's not based on the price, but the product type. So TVs in general are said to last at least 5 years. So if you sell a cheap tv that breaks after 4 years, you have to replace it.

This of course means one don't get as much ultra cheap stuff sold, but at the same time most of that stuff is crap, and it's better for the environment to build stuff that lasts.

In most European countries it doesn't matter if it was a bargain or not, warranty law is the same for everyone.

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