Are guarantees mostly not worth the bother?
I keep boxes for some things, possibly for a long while, but they are never really needed, so could have been sent to recycling almost immediately. We probably ought to take the view that once goods have been used a number of times we've had acceptable use out of them, and discard the packaging - e.g. toasters.
Sometimes it's (arguably) worth keeping the original packaging, particularly if an anticipated selling on to a second had market might be anticipated (e.g some Apple kit fetches £10-£20 more if in original boxes in the used markets).
Some guarantees seem silly. We have LED lights in our kitchen which I think came with a lifetime limit in hours which could not have been exceeded even now, yet one of them has failed. In the scale of things it's hardly worth chasing though - as it's only one out of a much larger number of lights.
On the other hand, for some really large purchases and service, actually getting appropriate action can be a real pain - and here I'm talking about many £thousands, rather than small sums. Some less good firms simply stonewall any requests for service or compensation.
I keep boxes for some things, possibly for a long while, but they are never really needed, so could have been sent to recycling almost immediately. We probably ought to take the view that once goods have been used a number of times we've had acceptable use out of them, and discard the packaging - e.g. toasters.
Sometimes it's (arguably) worth keeping the original packaging, particularly if an anticipated selling on to a second had market might be anticipated (e.g some Apple kit fetches £10-£20 more if in original boxes in the used markets).
Some guarantees seem silly. We have LED lights in our kitchen which I think came with a lifetime limit in hours which could not have been exceeded even now, yet one of them has failed. In the scale of things it's hardly worth chasing though - as it's only one out of a much larger number of lights.
On the other hand, for some really large purchases and service, actually getting appropriate action can be a real pain - and here I'm talking about many £thousands, rather than small sums. Some less good firms simply stonewall any requests for service or compensation.
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