198 GID Surviving Warranty Logistics
Modern Mentor
Macmillan Holdings, LLC
4.3 • 726 Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2011
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Get the most out of your warranty; master the warranty logistics before you buy.
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| 0:00.0 | Steven Robbins here. |
| 0:04.5 | Welcome to the Get It Done Guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more. |
| 0:08.3 | Warranties. |
| 0:09.2 | I hate warranties. |
| 0:10.8 | I bought a disc drive for my computer. |
| 0:12.9 | Would you like a three-year extended warranty on that? |
| 0:15.4 | The salesperson asked. |
| 0:17.1 | Uh, why? |
| 0:18.2 | Should I expect it to break within three years? |
| 0:20.3 | I asked. |
| 0:21.2 | Uh, no. the salesperson replied. |
| 0:24.6 | Then, uh, why should I buy the warranty, I asked? |
| 0:27.4 | Because, uh, things happen, she said. |
| 0:30.9 | So I should expect it to break within three years. |
| 0:36.2 | In the 1950s, companies discovered that if they made shoddy merchandise that didn't last very long, |
| 0:41.2 | you'd have to replace it. |
| 0:42.7 | And this gave the company more money. |
| 0:45.3 | This would be good for the company and for the company. |
| 0:48.9 | Well, since then, we've elevated this technique to business gospel. |
| 0:52.7 | We've bestowed upon it such exalted names as recurring revenue. |
| 0:58.4 | After a while, we all got used to shoddy merchandise. |
| 1:01.5 | We expect things to break, and the companies discovered a new way to make money. |
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