Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihlts.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!we13!ihnp4!ihlts!jml From: jml@ihlts.UUCP (Joe LeClercq) Newsgroups: net.video,net.consumers Subject: Re: Extended Warranties in general Message-ID: <447@ihlts.UUCP> Date: Tue, 1-May-84 13:51:06 EDT Article-I.D.: ihlts.447 Posted: Tue May 1 13:51:06 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 2-May-84 05:14:10 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 16 What really gets me about the pitch for "extended warranties" is the basic concept: A salesperson spends x amount of time telling you how great a product is. He/she spews out mountains of information and related data - all geared to make you buy the specific product. Then, after you plop down the ca$h, he/she spends a considerable amount of time telling you the horrors you will face IF you don't get their extended warranty/protection plan. It seems a bit ridicu- lous. It's like going out and eating at a nice restaurant and having the waiter hand you a barf bag on the way out. Joe LeClercq ihlts!jml