On 2006-11-22, amicus_curious <ACDC@xxxxxxx> posted something concerning:
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> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:2045846.K4n5X8XBOL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> If Companies Believed In Their Products, Why Would They Need To Sell You
>> An
>> Extended Warranty?
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>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | ...it's basically an admission that the products they sell aren't built
>> | to last. If products had a specific reputation for quality then no one
>> | would ever even think about buying an extended warranty -- cutting off
>> | this profit stream. In other words, the incentives are to build a
>> | product that's just good enough to last a little while, but not good
>> | enough to be problem free. Some say that this decrease in quality
>> | makes plenty of sense when there's constant innovation and prices
>> | continue to drop, to the point that it's often cheaper and better
>> | to buy the latest version every few years rather than making sure
>> | you get a really solid product. However, it certainly creates a
>> | fine line that often ends up with customers feeling ripped off --
>> | which is rarely good for business.
>> `----
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>> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20061120/115301.shtml
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> This looks like a very selective reporting of the cited article. The sense
> of the article was that extended warranties are not worth purchasing since
> the products typically outlast even the extended terms by far. There is
> nothing here about Microsoft at all and nothing about Linux either.
Now *that* assessment I'll agree with.
I could see how somebody might make the connection. But the article
doesn't And, as you say, it points out that much of the "protection" is
pointless.
However, I bought a used car once and was talked into the extended
warranty. I kicked myself for awhile, but I'm glad I took it. I was
given a runaround on the air conditioner. They kept putting in dye and
finding nothing (they claimed). I took it back just after the normal
warranty was expired. They told me, golly gee, they found it had a bad
compressor, one of the pulleys was wearing down and several other
things. Just under $2000, they said. Good, I told them. Put it on my
extended warranty.
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