Extended Product Warranties: To Buy or Not to Buy?

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2008

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Statistically speaking, extended product warranties aren't generally worth the money, but there are some purchases that warrant extra insurance. Find out when it's smart to buy -- and when you should say "no thanks" -- in this HowStuffWorks podcast.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:30.4	Brought to you by the reinvented 2012 camera.
0:33.3	It's ready for you.
0:35.9	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from HouseofWorks.com.
0:41.4	Hey, welcome to the podcast.
0:43.3	How are you, Chuck?
0:44.1	I'm good. This is Take Two.
0:45.4	We rarely do two takes, but Josh messed up so bad we have to do take two.
0:49.8	Should we tell him what I said?
0:51.5	No. Okay.
0:52.3	Because then we'd have to do take three.
0:53.8	Anyway, this is Stuff You Should Know.
0:56.4	And as Chuck just said, it's Josh here and Chuck there.
1:02.4	We were talking earlier about how it's getting to be that time of year again.
1:06.0	Right.
1:07.0	The Tis the Season.
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