When i worked for office Max, back when they still existed, they told us to always always always push the “extended warranty”…
$4.00 on a $15.00 calculator… Even if you’re making minimum wage, the time spent dicking around with the warranty crap, you could have bought a better calculator when the first broke.
Short-term warranties for electronics that aren’t expensive.
These things are especially evil in Australia where consumer protections are stronger and usually exceed the stated warranty.
I’ve had this conversation many times:
“Can I interest you in an extended warranty with that?”
“No thanks, it’s no better than consumer protection”
“Fair enough. Had to ask”
These laptop fans I bought a while back had a warranty of 60 days. At that stage I wonder why even bother. They worked just fine for years, though.
When i worked for office Max, back when they still existed, they told us to always always always push the “extended warranty”…
$4.00 on a $15.00 calculator… Even if you’re making minimum wage, the time spent dicking around with the warranty crap, you could have bought a better calculator when the first broke.