There are different warranty rules in different countries.
Here n the UK the warranty responsibility rests with the vendor - the company who took your money. It does not lie with the manufacturer of the goods with whom you have no contract.
To make a warranty claim you need to show proof or purchase else you might have got the goods second hand from a guy down the road - the vendor has a right to know that it is he who owns the warranty responsibility.
You do not, however, need a receipt - just some way of showing when bought and from whom -a credit card bill would be fine.
EU warranty law extends warranty from one year to two years. Your country may be different.
Peccavi, January 2013
