all the distrubuters i buy from all tell me if i have any problems i can return it to them for warranty.
so yea the manufacturers won't honer the warranty but the distrubuters don't exactly have to tell them that the person who returned it bought it online.
in this case warranty is not an issue. i have never had any problems returning anything. the secrit is dont buy from someone that will not stand behind their customer service. anyone that buys from me can get a warranty. there may be a limitation as to how long of a warranty like in say a year if the product fails and is not a current model there might be an issure but at least i can return things that have problems that are a manufacturers defect.