Joel_BC
Super Self-Sufficient
I don't expect I'm the only one who can readily think of some instances where warrantees have saved the household some money.
I can easily think of instances involving a few tools, where registering the product and saving the warrantee document has worked to my benefit. For instance, a chainsaw - basically a good tool, but needing replacement of a part after 18 months or so. I bought the saw new, and it had a two-year warrantee. So the replacement of ignition parts, plus the shop time involved (at around $60/hour), came at no cost to me. In this case, the dealership I bought it from had done the warrantee registration - so although I brought my receipt of purchase with me, they actually had my name, phone number, and date of purchase on their computerized records at the dealership.
A smaller but more recent example... My wife gave me a couple pairs of socks for Christmas one year. They were good quality, and she got a three-year warrantee when she bought them! She saved the receipt. Through normal use, I'd put holes in two of the socks in about two-and-a-half years. She took the socks and the receipt into the store with her a few weeks back - and despite the surprised look on the face of the saleswoman, they replaced the socks.
One time I bought a good-quality pepper grinder for my wife for her birthday. Same deal - saved the receipt. The thing had a part that broke. Got a replacement, no problem.
Do you have similar stories?
I can easily think of instances involving a few tools, where registering the product and saving the warrantee document has worked to my benefit. For instance, a chainsaw - basically a good tool, but needing replacement of a part after 18 months or so. I bought the saw new, and it had a two-year warrantee. So the replacement of ignition parts, plus the shop time involved (at around $60/hour), came at no cost to me. In this case, the dealership I bought it from had done the warrantee registration - so although I brought my receipt of purchase with me, they actually had my name, phone number, and date of purchase on their computerized records at the dealership.
A smaller but more recent example... My wife gave me a couple pairs of socks for Christmas one year. They were good quality, and she got a three-year warrantee when she bought them! She saved the receipt. Through normal use, I'd put holes in two of the socks in about two-and-a-half years. She took the socks and the receipt into the store with her a few weeks back - and despite the surprised look on the face of the saleswoman, they replaced the socks.
One time I bought a good-quality pepper grinder for my wife for her birthday. Same deal - saved the receipt. The thing had a part that broke. Got a replacement, no problem.
Do you have similar stories?