Hannah Fry

Every time you shop online, every time you sign up for a newsletter, or register on a website, or enquire about a new car, or fill out a warranty card, or buy a new home, or register to vote - you are unwittingly handing over a small clue as to who you are and how you behave.

English Mathematician

Michael Crichton

The American media produce a product of very poor quality. Its information is not reliable, it has too much chrome and glitz, its doors rattle, it breaks down almost immediately, and it's sold without warranty. It's flashy, but it's basically junk.

American Author

Jean Chatzky

Most credit cards provide some sort of protection against a defective purchase, and with gold or platinum cards, you'll often get double the manufacturer's warranty. You're also not immediately out your own money if something goes wrong.

American Journalist

Charles Krauthammer

If Obama has his way, the change that is coming is a new America: 'fair,' leveled and social democratic. Obama didn't get elected to warranty your muffler. He's here to warranty your life.

Solomon Northup

Unsoundness in a slave, as well as in a horse, detracts materially from his value. If no warranty is given, a close examination is a matter of particular importance to the Negro jockey.

American Businessman

Kevin O'Leary

The practical reality of managing cars in the family - I do 36-month leases. I think they're horrible investments. And you want to give them back after their warranty is over.

Canadian Businessman

John Glenn

Quite often, while I'm getting up in the morning, I think my warranty is running out on these body parts because it's not working quite the way it used to.

American Astronaut

Steven Squyres

These rovers are living on borrowed time. We're so past warranty on them. You try to push them hard every day because we're living day to day.

American Scientist

Lee Iacocca

I guess I invented extended warranties, because that's all we had to sell at Chrysler in those days.

A warranty is usually for a set period. Check how long the coverage lasts.

Time-Sensitive

Coverage can be limited. Learn what is and isn't included.

Coverage Limits

Keep your purchase receipt; it's often needed to use the warranty.

Proof Required

A property warranty ensures it's legally sound at sale time.

Legal Assurance

Understand different warranties—express or implied offer varying protections.

Type of Warranty

A warranty deed confirms the seller's right to transfer property.

Deed Specifics

 For example, you take something like your cell phone, your smart phone, it's a complicated object, and you might wonder how it works. Well, what you can do is go in and actually take it apart. You'll void the warranty, but that's OK. And you'll go in and what you'll find is that it's made of tiny little electronic components.

String theory and the...

 So therefore the new requirement is repairability, making cars easy to repair. Otherwise when you bring the car to the garage to fix the light, if you have to remove the engine to access the lights, the car will have to stay one week in the garage instead of two hours, and the warranty budget will explode.

Yves Morieux: As work...

 our task was to come down here and document the warranty culture and also the effects that the oil companies have had on the word on a culture