Guarantees are one of the best things going in life if you’re paranoid or value security very highly. With a guarantee, you can rest assured that even if something bad happens, you can get through it and be made whole. However, there are times when a guarantee isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, such as when you can’t invoke it for some reason. A lot of guarantees fall into this category because of unnecessary rules. Would you really feel safer is there are no security systems of any kind, but just a guarantee of security?
Unfortunately a lot of people carry around insecurities from which they have a lot of trouble escaping. When it comes time to purchase a product and the cashier asks, a lot of people just surrender to the desire to have a cheap “get out free” card in case something goes wrong. If it only costs a few dollars to do so, it can be great to get a guarantee on your purchase. However, the chances of it failing are fairly slim. As well, the chances that a guarantee is going to be as effective as you’d like are also slim.
In a lot of cases trying to invoke a guarantee is all but futile. For a lot of companies, the complaint line is nearly impossible to get through to. After you finally complain, you have to negotiate a gauntlet of legalistic rules and regulations in order to receive something beneficial for your guarantee. While a large company can easily swallow the loss of one free replacement, getting that replacement might still cost you more in time than it would to just buy another of whatever you lost. When it comes to guarantees, you have to sing for your supper.