They love those extended warranties, don't they? I was buying a statistical/engineering calculator there, and predictably, she tried to sell on the extended warranty. I listened patiently and said, "No, thank you." She said, "If it breaks, you can't return it." I said, "I'll take my chances. I owned a similar model for 8 years and it never broke." She rang it up and PUT THE FUCKING EXTENDED WARRANTY ON IT ANYWAY. I told her to take it off. She said, "I thought you said you wanted it." I said, "No, I told you I do NOT want the plan." She picked up a phone and called a manager over, who asked her what was going on. She said, "This guy doesn't want the plan but I rang it up already." He looked SHOCKED, and said, "You... don't want the extended warranty?" I said, "No, I don't." He said, "Well, do you realize if something goes wrong, you can't return it?" I said, "I realize that, and I don't care. It's not going to break." He said, "Don't be too sure, this is a brand new model, new models tend to break more." I said, "I bought a DVD player here in 96 and you told me the same thing about it. New technology, would break. I've been using that DVD player for the last 8 years and never had to so much as clean it, and it works fine. No extended warranty." The guy shook his head, and they cleared the service plan off the register. He looked at me again, and shook his head like I'm a total idiot, and walked off. The gal said, "You really should get the service plan, because that thing will probably break or you'll drop it or something." I said, "I'm sorry, but I have more faith in your products than you do, I guess."
Geez. I've quit shopping there.
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They love those extended warranties, don't they? I was buying a statistical/engineering calculator there, and predictably, she tried to sell on the extended warranty. I listened patiently and said, "No, thank you." She said, "If it breaks, you can't return it." I said, "I'll take my chances. I owned a similar model for 8 years and it never broke." She rang it up and PUT THE FUCKING EXTENDED WARRANTY ON IT ANYWAY. I told her to take it off. She said, "I thought you said you wanted it." I said, "No, I told you I do NOT want the plan." She picked up a phone and called a manager over, who asked her what was going on. She said, "This guy doesn't want the plan but I rang it up already." He looked SHOCKED, and said, "You ... don't want the extended warranty?" I said, "No, I don't." He said, "Well, do you realize if something goes wrong, you can't return it?" I said, "I realize that, and I don't care. It's not going to break." He said, "Don't be too sure, this is a brand new model, new models tend to break more." I said, "I bought a DVD player here in 96 and you told me the same thing about it. New technology, would break. I've been using that DVD player for the last 8 years and never had to so much as clean it, and it works fine. No extended warranty." The guy shook his head, and they cleared the service plan off the register. He looked at me again, and shook his head like I'm a total idiot, and walked off. The gal said, "You really should get the service plan, because that thing will probably break or you'll drop it or something." I said, "I'm sorry, but I have more faith in your products than you do, I guess."
Geez. I've quit shopping there.