If your Vintage Keeper cooling unit or cabinet fails to perform as designed within one year of the date of purchase, VINTAGE KEEPER INC. warrants that, upon your request, it will be repaired or replaced, at our option, during the one year warranty period. This warranty applies only to the first end-user purchaser of a Vintage Keeper unit that is purchased and used in the continental US or Canada (excludes Alaska and Hawaii). It is not valid for subsequent purchasers, nor for units in use outside North America." The warranty period for your Vintage Keeper unit commences on the date you purchased it and expires one year thereafter.