At least you have that monitor. :)

Are you needing a new drawing tablet? What kind were you hoping to get?

omfg what luck for the warranty! spooky timing D=

great that there is the temporary backup though

sorry to hear the bad luck on the warranty but at least you got a temporary replacement^^

i would have a spare monitor but dont think it has the kind of plug needed to plug into a laptop uu

(my laptop died since, I'm using a borrowed PC for a few months now :/ )

6 month? :o I thought the less time is one year. Thats sucks! :/

I was quite sure that basic warranty always covers a year :x also that's really piss poor service. I would've complained. The company I work for still services products that are a few weeks past warranty dates :L even if just to improve customer relationship and build customerbonds. Did you just visit the store? Did you try to contact the manufacturer?

it's a small retailer, not even having an actual physical store.
guess that's what i get for trying to save a 100 bucks 6 months ago :/

(although it seems its only backlighting problem, that can probably be fixed)

Maybe a bit late, i hope you still see this.
Did you check the warranty from the company that made it? The minimum is usually 1 year but most makers vary from 2-3 years mainly, it is a limited warranty so they dont cover all damage types (sources) but worth a try.
If you dont know or want to save effort of figuring out if it's covered or not. Post it on their facebook and ask if its covered, what's not working and be polite. I've seen company's fix stuff that even broke just outside the warranty period, to keep up a good image.

Thank you for the tip!
It is well over it's original warranty time, this is a model made in 2005. I bought it from a re-seller who fixes old models and sells them with 6 month warranty.
It only has it's back-lights out, should be possible to fix in any nearby service, for probably less than the posting fees would have been even if this was within warranty time.