I'll be sleeping well for sure. I just don't want anyone scared away from trying to use the warranty because someone had the idea that it was stealing resources from Mainers or their reason wasn't good enough. I love the Maine warranty, and think more people should make use of it when it applies.

No, LL Bean had what was an incredibly generous, ludicrously good return policy. They would take literally anything they sold back, after any length of time, for any reason and exchange or upgrade it. Even if the issue was the fault of the purchaser.

The Maine implied warranty is far less than what LL Bean offered, and is fairly standard, what you should be able to expect from goods you purchase.

That isn't the argument. The argument is the product will last a reasonable amount of time, not the same amount of time as another product.

Maine law says that is at least four years in most cases (or at least provides protection for that long.) OP isn't wasting taxpayer resources - they are asking for something they are entitled to under Maine law.

Assuming you purchased it in Maine, if your new coffee maker breaks before four years have passed, you are also entitled to have the seller or manufacturer repair or replace it free of charge.

The Maine implied warranty says it needs to be fit for purpose for at least four years, or the expected lifetime of the product if it's reasonable that the expected lifetime is shorter. I would absolutely expect an air fryer to last at least four years. Hell, I'd expect it to last 10 to 20 years - kitchen appliances don't break easily and should work for a very long time.

Since OP's air fryer won't turn on, they are entitled to relief from the manufacturer or seller, whichever OP prefers to go through.

Also, the seller or manufacturer can not disclaim the Maine implied warranty. If you purchase it in Maine, you, the purchaser, get to choose the warranty most beneficial to you.

Sure. Since you aren't using any electricity during the outage, you won't be charged since you aren't using the electricity that isn't there.

Since the raise is based on inflation or CoL (I forget which), I would assume MaineCare and other benefits like SNAP would have thresholds raised as well. But I don't know that's the plan for sure, or if they're calculated exactly the same way.

Lol, I haven't seen apartments going for $600 a month in years. To be fair, I am around Portland, so maybe in more rural areas that's available. But I also visit Lewiston frequently, and with Portland rents going nuts, Lewiston's have also shot up as people spill over to there.

I also have a house now though. So mostly it's apartment hunting for friends when they need it these days. Still, I haven't seen $600 a month rents in forever.

Touche'.

The wild racist BS does indeed write itself.

So this would require a constitutional amendment then. I can only imagine the attack ads if our state congress actually passed this when it came time for people to vote on it. They'd have to be some out there, wild BS to get people to vote against public access to beaches.