Extended warranties are a product. They help the business more than they help the consumer, as no business offers a product at a loss.

A Consumer Report revealed that 55 percent of owners who purchased an extended warranty hadn't used it for repairs during the lifetime of the policy. T...

Instead of buying warranties, consider setting up your own warranty coverage by putting the money aside in an interest-bearing savings account. Then you have full control over the money and can re-purpose those funds.

This strategy will work in your favor more often than it won't. Consider...

For most, extended warranties are bad investments, because we never use the coverage they pay for.

For a warranty to be worth it,

• Something needs to fail that is covered.
• We need to use the warranty during the repairs.
• The cost of the repairs should exceed ...