What is something that you're never freaking buying again? Glass furniture. I had a glass desk

from IKEA for about two years, and one morning while I was sleeping, it spontaneously exploded.

There was no one piece of it left that was larger than my thumbnail, and it took days to clean up.

Apparently that can happen with tempered glass.

Tension builds up due to temperature changes, and it just shatters. We had a low-grade earthquake where I live. The glass table shattered three days later. Fricking home warranty. I brought a house

that had just hit 10 years and got all over the original appliances. Oh, the appliances are

covered, they said,

but only if you buy a home warranty. Sure, it only lasts a year, but these things might break in that

year. It's only 500 bucks. Better safe than sorry. Turns out crap does break. The water heater had a

problem, the fridge had a problem, none of it caught by inspection. I go to the warranty people,

and it's $75 for someone to

evaluate it. Cool, I think. Cheaper than buying new stuff. Then everything gets denied. The most

random F reasons are given to me. I argue, I'm told that that's what the inspectors said.

I get the transcripts and guess what? All of their inspectors said that this should be covered.

The warranty company lied to me. I threw the lies in their face and I get the transcripts and guess what, all of their inspectors said that this should be covered. The warranty company lied to me.

I threw the lies in their face and I get back, well, it doesn't matter, it still isn't covered.

One of the dudes, a plumber I later had come back to help, said these companies never cover anything.

Their reason on the water heater? Rust on the unit.

He told them the rust didn't cause the problem

and was normal. To them, any potential problem is reason for denial. Got a dens in a unit? Denied.

Got a scratch? Denied. Here's the real crap part of it, though. This was all in my first 30 days

living there. Like any reasonable person, I thought I could just call

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