Warranty Week Industry Headlines

Home Warranty Scam? There are good extended warranty companies and there are bad extended warranty companies. One of the worst seems to have a policy of denying all claims over $100 for what at first seem like legitimate reasons, and then hiding from the angry mob behind the anonymity of its web site, toll-free number, and post office box.
November 5, 2009

Lifetime Warranties: Companies are free to define a lifetime any way they wish, but they have to be clear about their rules and their exclusions. Some issue the warranty to just the first owner of the product. Others qualify it with words such as reasonable or useful. And some high-tech companies spell out a policy under which the warranty's lifetime will end after sales cease and spare parts run out.
August 13, 2009

Warranty Research Report: There are only a few more days to download free copies of the latest report from the Aberdeen Group. Using survey data, it finds a huge correlation between metrics, analytics, and success in warranty management.
July 30, 2008

Fixing Computers: If it ain't broke but it won't work, making a warranty claim won't fix it. But some companies are now hiring "geeks" to sell PC tune-ups, or they're giving away free advice with their service plans, to help customers do everything from removing viruses to installing wi-fi modems.
January 31, 2006