I used to deal with Winbook because of this same practice.

Because our company laptops get used both at work at home, they often are running 12 or more hours each day, and getting carried around and beaten to death to boot. These things truly justify the 3 year warranty - and not a single laptop I've ever been responsible for has ever gone the distance without needing multiple warranty repairs in three years.

Winbook... the first Winbooks we bought were both replaced with better units within a year of purchase. The next year both of those were sent in for repair and again replaced with upgraded models. The third year, one of those (mine) was yet AGAIN upgraded. That's three laptops, each faster, lighter and with more HD space, for the price of one!

So we stuck with Winbook for years - not because they were reliable, but because they were so prone to replacing the things rather than fixing them. That went on happily for years, until they stopped directly selling laptops fairly recently.

My new laptop is a business class HP - and it already needs a trip to the shop. We'll see what that results in, as this model has been discontinued.