GE Joins the Pig Pile, Consumer on Bottom is Benefited Though Seemingly Unconscious
Submitted by advisor on Sat, 10/01/2005 - 1:04am.
Effective January 1, 2006, GE will eliminate the extended warranty (anything over 1 year) for GE, Hotpoint and Americana brand appliances. GE further added:
"While only implementing minor changes, GE Profile and GE Monogram appliances will be re-classified from "Full" to "Limited" warranties. This re-classification is focused on driving simplicity and consistency for our customers and consumers.
The above actions will reduce the variation in our warranty across product lines and improve our ability to effectively communicate coverage to our consumers."
Since brevity and directness is a hallmark of effective communication, ApplianceAdvisor would like to suggest a pithy line to add to the warranty, something like:
"Hence forth, on the 366th day from the date of purchase of your GE, Hotpoint or Americana brand appliance, you are officially screwed."
