Sale of Goods Act says that after 6 years in the UK all your rights against the seller (you have no rights against the manufacturer anyway) disappear, and you're on your own, even if it is the seller's fault. It's the limit. The time when the seller can say "I don't know you, go away".
That doesn't mean you have many rights after say two years. For example no rights to have defects fixed even after two years for many items. What the six years mean for example that if your phone breaks down after 23 months on a two year trip to Australia (within the two years), you can go to a store there, have them write down what is wrong and when, and two years later back in the UK they have to fix it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
