samrothstein01
Master
blainepoe hit this on the money, imo. Ironically a friend and I got into this "warranty" conversation last evening over a brew or two....thanks to each of you of course! Any mfg that produces non-custom mass quantities will provide a short term warranty to protect themsleves (accounting work) and the consumer from defects. All mass production incurs defects, even inside the set tolerance level for defective pieces. Once a piece reaches a certain useful life, defectiveness becomes irrelevant as it would have been apparent in the given "break-in" period and could be returned. This is regardless of the type of product, if it is a gun, a new cell phone, or plastic doohicky. Anything after that could be caused by incorrect use, maintenance, or a number of other things. The "lifetime" warranty in fact does have a lot to do with marketing and does give the consumer piece of mind, but much like rebates, who honestly takes advantage of this option as often as they should/could? How many of us have decided not to mail in our rebates or broken items that have a warranty because we are too lazy, too impatient to wait, or just decided its worth the expense to buy new/fix local? Its nice to have the lifetime warranty for things you will keep and collect for years to come, but don't necessarily depend on every day. That way you can use it, enjoy it, but when or if it breaks, you can send it in and wait for it to come back.
And most importantly, after you have sent something back for malfunctioning, how likely or comfortable are you to reach for this item in a life or death situation? I mean after all, it has already malfunctioned at least once?
And most importantly, after you have sent something back for malfunctioning, how likely or comfortable are you to reach for this item in a life or death situation? I mean after all, it has already malfunctioned at least once?
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Can we stay on topic Oh and did I mention Glocks suck ! lol J/K
...(I've had two crappy fords and a crappy chrysler)
