Whenever I buy anything new, almost everyone wants to offer me an extended warranty.
- I purchased a toy for my child for Christmas, that if it had lasted until the end of the year, I would have been happy.
I got the toy up to the counter and they wanted to sell me an extended warranty on the toy. It came at the cost of almost as much as I was paying for the toy. Even if I had purchased the warranty, I would have had to pay to send the toy back, and that would have cost nearly as much as the warranty. My hubby and I got an unpleasant taste in our mouth for any kind of warranty after these new offers. When we purchased our new furnace, the two of us knew we had a more than one-year warranty on the furnace. It covered parts and service. It was necessary to have certain services by the Heating and Air Conditioning dealer, or they would nullify the warranty. Of course, the Heating and Air Conditioning contractor provided a service agreement at a special price, which the two of us felt we had no choice but to buy. When they gave us the total amount, the Heating and Air Conditioning tech asked us if the two of us wanted the extended warranty. I explained the two of us would like to wait and about it. That was when we got an ultimatum. If we didn’t buy the extended warranty for the furnace now, it may not be available when we were ready. I knew warranties were just a bogus way to get more money. We purchased the extended warranty, but only because of our fear of what would happen to the furnace in the future.