Warranty Declined

Seems that with nearly every purchase nowadays for a fee,
Sales representatives want to sell you an extended warranty!

I reckon that's fine should you purchase a washing machine or car,
But the warranty that I was offered today I thought quite bizarre!

A warranty for a disposable camera didn't make a whole lot of sense!
I bought it at the Post Exchange for four dollars and ninety-five cents!

The cashier rang it up and I was dazzled at what the computer displayed!
"For ten bucks you can buy a warranty for the purchase you just made!"

I ain't the keenest guy around, but I considered such a deal a peculiarity!
I astutely deduced, "Gee, I can buy two cameras for the cost of said warranty!"

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
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Copyright © | Year Posted 2011



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Date: 9/22/2011 10:24:00 PM
gosh, if this happened for REAL, it was totally worth writing a poem about it!!!
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Date: 9/21/2011 10:13:00 PM
Those warranties are the worst deals in town. If a company can't stand behind its product, I don't buy. Great poem though. Thanks for your kind comments. Love, Joyce
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Date: 9/21/2011 9:14:00 PM
This one hit home today, Bob...was out lookign at washing machines and comparing ext warranty prices/ cool coincidence ... and I can't believe you were offered that warranty ... or .. no ...wait...in today's world ... I can believe it!
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Date: 9/21/2011 5:22:00 PM
Oh how can i delete answers on my blog without changing the script.? thanks Bob:)
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Date: 9/21/2011 5:19:00 PM
More soup mail
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Date: 9/21/2011 1:09:00 PM
Thanks,dear friend.Please see Soup Mail
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Date: 9/21/2011 8:14:00 AM
My wife loves the extended warranty but even she wouldn't get this one. Tony
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Date: 9/21/2011 2:50:00 AM
Soup mail Bob..
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Date: 9/21/2011 12:09:00 AM
Somebody probably pays it. One has to pay close attention.
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Date: 9/20/2011 11:26:00 PM
You have got an exceptional style so original and beautiful,Robert.This is what I see in your poems one after another.You are a great poet with talent unbound.This verse is also excellent. Unfortunately,I didn't receive your soup mail.May be due to some system error.Pls send it again.With love,fabiyas
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Date: 9/20/2011 8:10:00 PM
hehe! He tried to pull one on you, there Bob! Yeah, each day there's a new way to take your money. Thanks for visiting and your kind comments too! Love, Annalise
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Date: 9/20/2011 7:43:00 PM
Great and interesting write Bob! I thoroughly enjoyed this poem! What a crazy thing that salesman, trying to sell you a warranty like that...bizarre!! Awesome work!
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Date: 9/20/2011 7:38:00 PM
Crazier by the minute Bob, thats the world today...
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Date: 9/20/2011 7:13:00 PM
A silly world we live in hey? Nice one!
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