Speed Queen Jab?

I'm not convinced that the manufacturers greed level really dictates the move to shorter warranties. My guess is that it would be something that is considered "expendable" in order to try to keep the ultimate purchase price down to the consumers.

Of course this is pushed largely by the fact that a pretty big percentage of consumers have been buying the extended warranties for years now. Its easy for the manufacturer to just surmise that if the consumer wants to buy a warranty, they might as well just let someone else sell it. I have never, and will never buy an extended warranty on anything I ever buy. Only thing it gives is peace of mind at a cost. If they didn't make out well on them they wouldn't sell them so aggressively...

To a large degree I look at the warranty as being just part of marketing, a longer warranty don't make something automatically better, but it may be offered to give that appearance. Craftsman tools today are a good example, sure they will give you a free one forever, but I buy tools that don't need to be replaced. Of course for many of us here in the appliance "know" a warranty is worthless since we do our own repair work anyhow.


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Post# 817624 4/5/2015 at 18:42 (3,301 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)
Checkrate/Likes 1 Whirlpool marketing against Speed Queen? Malcolm

Post# 817627 , Reply# 1 4/5/2015 at 19:12 (3,301 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany))
Checkrate/Likes 1 Lots of retailers offer a 5-year warranty, and at least here in Germany, pretty much any retailer will let you call (or call for you) the manufacturers repair service. So this is barley considerable marketing against SQ, especially given how many people who are not in the market know about the ne SQs at all.

Post# 817658 , Reply# 2 4/5/2015 at 20:25 (3,301 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)
Checkrate/Likes 4 *I highly doubt it* Rent-a-Center's target demographic couldn't tell a Speed Queen from a Whirlpool or any other make, nor would they be aware of the difference among manufacturer guarantees.

Post# 817704 , Reply# 3 4/6/2015 at 08:32 (3,300 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)
Checkrate/Likes *But...* There are no manufacturers that offer a 5 year warranty in the USA other than SQ. Malcolm

Post# 817717 , Reply# 4 4/6/2015 at 09:07 (3,300 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany))
Checkrate/Likes 1 But a lot of retailers do, and as I said, a lot of retailers outsorce their extended warranty repairs back to the manufactureres repair service.

Post# 817734 , Reply# 5 4/6/2015 at 11:09 (3,300 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)
Checkrate/Likes *Well...* Since it is a Speed Queen machine in the background, I surmised it was a jab at their warranty (not an extended warranty) Malcolm

Post# 817737 , Reply# 6 4/6/2015 at 11:21 (3,300 days old) by washman (o)
Checkrate/Likes *Ya know the neat thing is* You don't really need to call SQ for warranty service! Now with the techo laden piles of junk out there today, perhaps a user would be on a first name basis with their repair hotline!

Post# 817744 , Reply# 7 4/6/2015 at 12:14 (3,300 days old) by logixx (Germany)
Checkrate/Likes 1 Why are warranties so short in the US? Two years are standard in Germany for practically every electronic device with many manufacturers throwing in extra years for free (up to ten, in the case of a certain brand).

Post# 817747 , Reply# 8 4/6/2015 at 12:37 (3,300 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)
Checkrate/Likes *Good Question.* I suppose it is because most of the machines we have over here aren't built all that well. Malcolm

Post# 817749 , Reply# 9 4/6/2015 at 12:43 (3,300 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)
Checkrate/Likes 2 *Simple answer = GREED.* With a shorter warranty period "they" make more $$ for service, parts or replacement of the item all together. Besides, absolutely no one except "us on AW" would know that's an SQ washer in the background.

Post# 817753 , Reply# 10 4/6/2015 at 13:02 (3,300 days old) by logixx (Germany)
Checkrate/Likes *More money for service* Yeah - I hadn't even thought of that. Makes sense, though. :-/

Post# 817756 , Reply# 11 4/6/2015 at 13:14 (3,300 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN)
Checkrate/Likes 2 I'm not convinced that the manufacturers greed level really dictates the move to shorter warranties. My guess is that it would be something that is considered "expendable" in order to try to keep the ultimate purchase price down to the consumers. Of course this is pushed largely by the fact that a pretty big percentage of consumers have been buying the extended warranties for years now. Its easy for the manufacturer to just surmise that if the consumer wants to buy a warranty, they might as well just let someone else sell it. I have never, and will never buy an extended warranty on anything I ever buy. Only thing it gives is peace of mind at a cost. If they didn't make out well on them they wouldn't sell them so aggressively... To a large degree I look at the warranty as being just part of marketing, a longer warranty don't make something automatically better, but it may be offered to give that appearance. Craftsman tools today are a good example, sure they will give you a free one forever, but I buy tools that don't need to be replaced. Of course for many of us here in the appliance "know" a warranty is worthless since we do our own repair work anyhow.