Day 325: Warranties

Hello again,
Today I am thankful for warranties. They are a life saver and they can save a lot of money! But I should be clear that while I am a fan of warranties, I am not a fan of extended warranties. Extended warranties are almost always a waste of money. Yet there are some products that it is useful for but I won't get in to that here. A month ago I bought a computer for a really good deal but I would like to say it was pretty much doa (dead on arrival) So my dad and I took it back explaining what was wrong with it. Future Shop was great because the computer has a warranty and Future Shop is great about exchanges and what not. So they got me another computer but they didn't have any more of the same model (because I got a refurb model) so they gave me a "similar" model. I actually ended up getting a good deal because the "similar" computer was better than the initial one I got. Of course they can't give me a worse computer than I paid for I guess and they didn't have a computer exactly the same size. It is pretty much identical but a bit bigger hard drive. Anyways, 3 weeks later the DVD drive quit which isn't much of a surprise because it never quite sounded right to begin with. So back to future Shop I go. Thankfully it is still under warranty and they could not fix it so I am now on computer number 3. lol Without a warranty I would have to keep buying a new computer. We take warranties for granted maybe but we could very well not have them as well. Can you imagine the cost if you had to get a new product every time instead of getting it fixed or replaced? I could barely afford one computer and there is no way I could afford 3. Anyways this is just something I have been thinking about. I hope I don't have to bring this one back. Fingers and toes crossed! lol Sorry for the length of this post but I wanted to explain my reasons and it's a bit of a long story. Hopefully this is the end of this story though.... for awhile at least.Well this is why I am thankful for warranties.