Misleading Warranty, Sub standard Products

Having acquired a Galaxy gear some time ago it packed up after approximately 9 months and was replaced.This replacement recently packed up again and have been quoted almost R2000 to fix it as it is out of the 'original' 2 year warranty period. As far as I am concerned the 2 year warranty should apply from to the new unit not the original 24 months. This indicates very poor quality of product and a misleading warranty. I do no expect this from a respected international company such as Samsung and would hesitate to recommend their products based on this.