Money and Miscellaneous: Today, my furnace broke down, almost a month after its twenty...

By chillyinside - 10/02/2013 05:03 - Canada

Today, my furnace broke down, almost a month after its twenty year warranty expired. It would have been replaced for free. Now I'm going to have to take out a loan to afford the $4,000 replacement. FML

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Sunday 10 February 2013 12:19

it always works the way, things break right after the warranty is up.

testestestes123 4

Sunday 10 February 2013 12:19

Murphy's law.

Comments

GRgoldfish 19

Monday 11 February 2013 16:10

that sucks op. I bet every thing that I have, that even if it broke down within the warranty date that you would still would have been stiffed with the bill. because warranty's are bullshit! best of luck.

BFons 19

Monday 11 February 2013 20:01

That's what I call perfect engineering. The thing was designed to break right after the warranty ended. Always keep the customer coming back for more.

jcrb 11

Tuesday 12 February 2013 5:23

timing is everything

Guitargod446 11

Tuesday 12 February 2013 8:14

This is why i play minecraft...

Neesalun 20

Tuesday 12 February 2013 12:11

I totally understand this!! Mine did the same thing right after the warrenty expired. I cried and cried. I'm not made of money. This kind of luck happens alot to me. I paid off my Jeep and 10 days later this girl turned in front of me. She was looking the other direction. She didn't have insurance, a license, and it wasn't her car. My Jeep was totaled out and the doctor said no permanent damage to both my knees that had gone into th dash. Right...So what do you call knees that ache/hurt when the weather changes and I can't wear heals to dress up? Yeah...

pacmanman 15

Wednesday 13 February 2013 18:42

And that's why the warranty wasn't any longer... Because they know when the thing will puke! FYL

DropBearMeat 23

Thursday 14 February 2013 21:52

You've got that right. It's called "planned obsolescence" and it's done on purpose. It's claimed another victim. :(

thisguy22 33

Saturday 9 November 2013 8:11

That's some amazing planned obsolescence by the company that designed it... Find the silver lining op.

cmo333 10

Tuesday 11 November 2014 18:35

Furnace?

JAllDay_23 7

Wednesday 18 March 2015 2:18

The smart thing to do would have been to wait until about a week before the warranty and claim it broke so you can get a new one, and it will last longer, due to it being an updated model and it having no wear and tear!

Bibliovore 26

Tuesday 21 July 2015 17:12

Actually, lying about something being broken so you can get a warranty replacement would be the _dishonest_ thing to do, not the smart thing to do. (Breaking it yourself for that reason would also be dishonest).