Repair Policies (Instructions)

August 2010

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

 

Request a Repair

 

If your Juniper Systems product is in need of repair, paid upgrade, or servicing, please fill out the form at:

 

Repair (RMA) Request Form

 

Standard repair orders and 3-Day Expedite Service repair orders are valid for 30 days from the date issued. 1-Day Expedite Service repair orders are valid for 7 days from the date issued. If you will not be sending the product to us immediately, please wait to request a repair until closer to the time when you are ready to send us the product.

 

Note: Juniper Systems strives to provide continued repair support for all products manufactured by Juniper up to five years from the final production date. However, in some rare cases (depending on the repair need), it may not be possible to perform a repair due to an unforeseen discontinuation or lack of supplied parts from third-party vendors. Repair support for a product may continue beyond five years if obtaining replacement parts or tools remains economically feasible. Our policy is that we will do what is best and most beneficial for our customers and company.

 

Check Repair Status

 

To check the status of a current repair or upgrade, please enter the product serial number on our form at:

 

Repair (RMA) Status Form

 

Contact Information

 

Please have the following information ready when you contact us about a product that may be in need of repair:

 

 

After you have submitted a repair order, please ship the product to:

Juniper Systems Repair Center
Attn: <Product Model> SN # ______ (or supplied tracking number)
1132 West 1700 North
Logan, UT 84321 USA
Phone: 1-435-753-1881

 

Note: Additional charges may apply to any product that is shipped to us without a valid repair order having been submitted in advance.

 

Shipping Information

 

The address to which you should return products for repair or upgrade is mentioned in the Contact Information section above.

 

Shipping Method and Costs

 

We recommend shipping products to us using United Parcel Service (UPS), especially when shipping product overnight (UPS Red) for 1-Day Expedite Service. There is no guarantee that other shipping services will arrive early enough in the day to provide us time to complete an expedited repair the same day as arrival.

 

The customer has the responsibility to ship the equipment to Juniper Systems with all shipping costs prepaid. After repairing or replacing the equipment, Juniper Systems will ship the equipment back to the customer by United Parcel Service (UPS) or other service as requested (a fee may apply for use of another service) using the same delivery speed the customer used to ship the equipment to our facility, unless the customer specifies an alternative return delivery speed. Return shipment costs are paid by the customer for non-warranty repairs and upgrades.

 

The customer is responsible for backing-up all needed data from the product before shipment (if possible). To reduce shipping costs, it is recommended to not include any accessory items (including battery) except those that may potentially be needed to reproduce a problem description.

 

Some shipping agencies may prefer or require that any product carrying case (plastic or otherwise) be contained within a cardboard container during shipments, or else additional charges may apply. A low quality or other non-qualifying shipping container that is received with a product may be replaced with a qualifying return shipping container without notice.

 

International Shipments

 

For information about Special Clearance Requirements for shipping US-made products back to the USA for repair, please visit the UPS Country Regulations website.

 

The Country Regulations Finder allows you to select the country you are shipping from as well as the particular shipping regulation (in this case, Special Clearance Requirements). Please make sure you have submitted the proper documentation for customs clearance as well as all shipping expenses and duties incurred (if any) in shipping the product to the USA for repair.

 

  • Schedule B (Harmonized Terra Codes): repairs use 9801100000 (new products use 8471300100)
  • ECCN: EAR99 (or 4A101 though our products are usually not considered a controlled commerce export)
  • Transportation Certifications

 

Lead Time

 

Standard Repairs

 

Standard warranty and charged repairs or upgrades are completed within 5-10 business days from arrival to the repair center (not including shipping time and time spent at OEM/reseller facilities if not shipped directly to the repair center). If this lead-time cannot be met, the customer will be notified and given other options.

 

Standard repair orders are valid for 30 days from the date issued. If the unit is not received at our repair center within the 30-day time limit the repair order may be voided and a new repair order will need to be submitted.

 

If you need the repair or upgrade sooner, we offer Extended Warranty and Expedite Service programs to speed the repair, as explained below.

 

Extended Warranty Programs

 

The Field PC Extended Warranty programs offer many benefits, including faster repair services. For more information, please visit our Warranty Information webpage:

 

To order an extended warranty, please fill out the Extended Warranty Order Form.

 

Expedite Services

 

3-Day Expedite- For $50.00 US Dollars (in addition to applicable repair or upgrade charges and shipping costs), our 3-Day Expedite Service ensures the repair or upgrade will be performed within 72-hours from arrival to us (excluding weekends and holidays). Please provide payment information in advance. This service is included with the Gold Extended Warranty program.

 

If this lead-time cannot be met, the customer will be notified and given other options. The customer will no longer be responsible for the $50 expediting fee (as long as the delays were beyond customer control).

 

A 3-day Expedited repair order is valid for 30 days from the date issued. If the unit is not received at our repair center within the 30-day time limit the repair order will be voided and a new repair order will need to be submitted.

 

1-Day Expedite- For $100.00 US dollars (in addition to applicable repair or upgrade charges and shipping costs), our 1-Day Expedite Service ensures the repair is performed within 24-hours from arrival to us (excluding weekends and holidays). This service is included with the Platinum Extended Warranty program.

 

We will guarantee the equipment will get first priority service and we will do everything in our power to return it within one business day from arrival to us. If we are unable to return the equipment within this time frame, the customer will be notified and the service will default to a 3-Day Expedite Service. The customer will then only be responsible for the $50 fee in place of the $100 fee (as long as the delays were beyond the customer's control).

 

All charged 1-Day Expedite repairs must have payment information provided in advance. If payment information is not recorded and we are unable to reach the customer to obtain this information, the repair may be delayed while the full expedite fee may remain in effect.

 

In the event where data recovery is requested under an expedited service but the customer is not concerned with the actual repair lead time, the repair will be expedited along with the data. We cannot separate data recoveries from expedited repairs.

 

A 1-Day Expedited repair order is valid for 7 days from the date issued. If the unit is not received at our repair center within the 7-day time frame, the repair order may be reverted to 3-Day Expedite or Standard repair status and may no longer be subject to 1-Day Expedited turn-around times and fees, unless renewed by the customer.

 

Note: 1-Day Expedited Services may be limited to a maximum of five repair orders waiting to be received at one time. We will let you know if your 1-Day Expedited Service request can not be met at this time.

 

Potential Warranty Coverage or Repair Costs Payment

 

Some repair and return shipping costs may be covered by a warranty policy, while some may be charged for payment by the customer. Below are explanations for potential warranty coverage and/or repair cost payments.

 

Warranty Repairs

 

All repairs are evaluated for potential warranty coverage regardless of customer feedback. But if you feel this repair is covered under a standard or an extended warranty (you have reviewed the applicable warranty terms and conditions and checked using the online warranty status form) and would like to remind the repair technician just in case, please enter "warranty" as the purchase order (PO) number when filling out the Repair (RMA) Order Form. The repair technician will contact you if any charges apply to this repair or if they have any questions as to the product's warranty coverage.

 

After any repair has been completed, Juniper Systems warrants the parts and workmanship of the repair for 90-days. This includes product repairs that are performed during on-site visits and at all repair center locations. The repair warranty is limited to parts (e.g. components that were replaced in the unit) and labor for that specific previous repair. For example, if the product is returned within the 90-day repair warranty period and the subsequent repair is completely unrelated to the previous repair, it is charged (unless covered by another warranty policy). For a list of the repair warranty exclusions, please refer to exclusions stated in our standard warranty terms and conditions.

 

Charged Repairs

 

For repairs not covered under a warranty program, it is the customer`s responsibility to provide payment information with or prior to us receiving a repair order. By submitting a repair order and/or returning the equipment for repair or maintenance (submitting a repair order first is required), the customer authorizes Juniper Systems to complete repairs on the equipment up to the customer`s specified US dollar amount (if specified; recommended to specify $500 which usually covers most repairs). After the initial evaluation is complete, if the repair is found to possibly exceed the specified limit, repair work will cease and the customer will be contacted by a Juniper Systems repair technician with an itemized quote for the repair costs. The repair technician will place the repair on HOLD until receiving the customer`s authorization to proceed with the repair.

 

Additional Fees

 

A fee of $110.00 US dollars for processing and handling may be applicable to any product that arrives at the repair center. Though once the product has been evaluated by a repair technician, this fee will most often be applied to (or warranted as) the first hour labor costs of the repair. This fee or labor charge may be applicable to any non-warranty repair, even for cases of basic data recovery, salvage evaluations, or when the final total repair / replacement costs quote has been rejected.

 

Repairs that are on hold waiting for further information from the customer (such as payment information) in excess of 30 calendar days after initial contact by the repair center may be charged a processing fee of $100 per unit being repaired. The customer will be notified that the repair exceeded the allotted time and that the fee has been charged to the repair. If the needed information is still not provided, the customer will be given an additional 15 calendar days to provide the requested information. If the information is still not obtained after the 15 days, the equipment may then either be charged an additional $100 processing fee for each month the repair is not completed, or the product may be returned to the customer in the original condition, at their expense, and be invoiced for the parts and labor involved in the assessment of the issue as well as the processing fee. This policy is in effect for all repair orders (warranty or charged).

 

Payment Method

 

We accept any of the following payment methods:

 

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Purchase Order (PO) Number
  • Verbal Invoice / Billing (Available on pre-approved accounts only)