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”
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.
$4 is 27% of $15. Are you telling me that this calculator has a greater than 27% chance of failing within 1 year? If so, I’ll shop elsewhere. If not, your warranty is a ripoff and I’ll shop elsewhere.
