Comments on: Shoveling It http://www.productbehavior.com/archive/shoveling-it Not Just For Breakfast Anymore Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:31:01 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: EZ http://www.productbehavior.com/archive/shoveling-it/comment-page-1#comment-21 EZ Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:15:33 +0000 http://www.productbehavior.com/archives/shoveling-it#comment-21 That's exactly how I feel when I buy electronics and they ask if I want to buy an extended warranty, for an extra year or two. I start wondering about the longevity of the product I am buying. Years ago, while attending college in London, my pocketwatch broke. Off I went looking for a new one. The ones in the stores had two-year guarantees, which made me think that that was all they would be good for. Had they offered no guarantee, I would have assumed they would last for a decade or two. As it was, I went to the antique market and bought a gold pocketwatch from 1880 that still worked great. I figured if it lasted this long, it would probably last another hundred years. That’s exactly how I feel when I buy electronics and they ask if I want to buy an extended warranty, for an extra year or two. I start wondering about the longevity of the product I am buying.

Years ago, while attending college in London, my pocketwatch broke. Off I went looking for a new one. The ones in the stores had two-year guarantees, which made me think that that was all they would be good for. Had they offered no guarantee, I would have assumed they would last for a decade or two. As it was, I went to the antique market and bought a gold pocketwatch from 1880 that still worked great. I figured if it lasted this long, it would probably last another hundred years.

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