Repair Customer Compensation Support is a professional term in foreign trade after-sales service. It refers to financial compensation or cost support provided by the seller to the customer during product warranty or repair due to product quality issues, repair delays, or repair failures. Common scenarios include: the seller bearing parts and labor costs when the customer performs self-repair; the seller providing a certain amount of compensation when repair causes production stoppage; or the seller directly paying third-party repair costs. This term differs from 'quality claim,' which usually targets batch quality defects, while 'repair customer compensation support' focuses more on compensation in a single repair event. It differs from 'warranty' in that warranty is the seller's obligation, while compensation support is an extra concession beyond the warranty scope. Notes: The contract should clearly specify the compensation cap, trigger conditions (such as repair timeout, repeated failures), application process, and documentation requirements to prevent customer abuse. Also distinguish compensation from discounts and rebates; compensation usually targets specific losses and requires keeping communication records and repair reports.
📝 Examples
1. Since your last repair was delayed by 15 days, causing our customer's production stoppage, please provide repair customer compensation support in the amount of USD 2,000 to cover the downtime loss. (Note: The customer requests seller compensation for production stoppage due to repair delay, a typical repair customer compensation support scenario.)
2. According to Article 8 of the contract, if the same fault recurs within three months, the seller shall provide repair customer compensation support, including bearing the parts and labor costs for the customer's self-repair. (Note: The contract clause clearly specifies the scope and conditions of compensation support for repeated failures.)
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