Extend your products' lifespan with these tips
This page covers what to consider when shopping or using the product to help it last as long as possible.
Before You Buy
1. Invest in Quality
With so many product options available today, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by choice. To make your purchasing decision easier, we provide comprehensive product information, show each product's service and return rates, display price history, and feature uncensored customer reviews. Our knowledgeable staff are more than happy to help you in our stores, and you can also get answers to your questions on our website via chat or through our guides and articles.
- Think carefully about your needs
- Choose products made from durable materials
- Compare options by reviewing product information and customer reviews
- Ask our experts
2. Choose Repairable and Serviceable Products
Until now, product development and increasingly aggressive pricing have made it more cost-effective to buy new rather than repair broken items. Manufacturers haven't been required to offer spare parts for their products either. Going forward, the EU will require manufacturers to repair products at reasonable prices and provide affordable spare parts. Hopefully, this will encourage manufacturers to invest more in product quality from the design and manufacturing stages. However, change takes time, so for now, if you want to act responsibly and choose repairable and serviceable products, you'll need to put in some effort to find products that can be repaired and have available spare parts.
- Avoid disposable products that can't be repaired
- Check whether spare parts are available when needed
Verkkokauppa.com currently offers several options to extend product lifespan, including a free three-year warranty for computers, tablets, TVs, and cameras, as well as paid service extensions for computers.
During Use
1. Maintain regularly and use properly
- Read the product manual and follow the instructions
- Avoid overloading the product
- Clean and update the product as needed
- Avoid misuse or exposing the product to conditions it can't withstand (e.g., moisture or heat)
2. Store properly
- If the product isn't in continuous use, avoid unnecessary exposure to sunlight, dust, or moisture.
Remember to recycle the device properly
You can return electronic and electrical waste to any store that sells electronics. In SER recycling, working devices are refurbished and put back into circulation, while non-functional electronics have hazardous materials removed and valuable raw materials recovered for reuse.
Learn more about recycling at Verkkokauppa.com → (Ulkoinen palvelu) (Avautuu uuteen välilehteen)