Ryobi warranty Rubish

Beware of Ryobi’s warrantees. I bought a lawnmower from them less than a year ago, with a years warranty. The mower stopped working. I took it into Macro, who said it had burnt out and the warranty did not cover it. I have a small garden by the way .abd am a pension. Macro quoted R1400 to fix it, while the same mower costs R999 brand new! I phoned Ryobi and was assured that “Eric” would call me back, that was last week.......still waiting !