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Warranties | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2013
Warranties [Abstract] |
Warranties | P. WARRANTIES Product Warranties The Company generally warrants its products against certain manufacturing and other defects. These product warranties are provided for specific periods and/or usage of the product. The accrued product warranty costs are for a combination of specifically identified items and other incurred, but not identified, items based primarily on historical experience of actual warranty claims. This reserve is classified within other current liabilities. The following tables provide the changes in the Company’s product warranties:
|  | For the years ended August 31,
$ in thousands |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Warranties: |  |  |  |  |  |
Product warranty accrual balance, beginning of period |  | $ | 4,848 |  | $ | 3,651
Liabilities accrued for warranties during the period |  |  | 6,938 |  |  | 4,922
Warranty claims paid during the period |  |  | (5,091) |  |  | (3,725)
Product warranty accrual balance, end of period |  | $ | 6,695 |  | $ | 4,848
Warranty costs were $6.9 million, $4.9 million, and $4.9 million for the fiscal years ended August 31, 201 3, 201 2 and 20 11, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for standard and extended product warranties and other product guarantee contracts, including a tabular reconciliation of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability for the reporting period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6398077&loc=d3e12565-110249 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name FASB Interpretation (FIN) -Number 45 -Paragraph 14 -Subparagraph a, b -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. + Details
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