Should 2nd. Buyer Receive Guarantee ?

No one answers the question: Does something being resold create a higher incidence of repair??? Or are units being sold on the secondhand market more likely to be "problem" units in the first place? (definitely tends to be true for cars)

Extended warranties are a good example of how it is a matter of $$$$. If you are willing to pay more, what is basically an insurance company will guarantee the product for a longer period. I never buy the extended warranties. The very few items I have paid for repairs over the years is easily not more than what I would have paid in advance for an extended warranty.

A good friend of mine feels differently, but he is a heavy user. He had a high end VCR break on him after 4.5 years of use. He had extended the warranty twice to 5 years. The model was discontinued and they could not get the part for it, so they gave him a brand new current model for a replacement.

Elizabeth has a good point. My experience is that a lot of things like CD Players, Computers, Etc, break right away if they are going to break, so if you pick up one used that is a couple years old, that has worked fine, it will continue to do so.

We can EDIT our posts now, I just noticed. GREAT Agon!!

BTW - Conrad Johnson does provide a transferable warrantee on their Premier products (at least for the 12 and 17LS) from the original owner to subsequent owners. There are a few conditions on this, but it appears as though they will honor the warrantee as long as they are notified of the transfer(s).