By: Shawn Henry
The pitch always lands at the worst possible moment. You've just agreed to a price, you're exhausted, and the finance manager slides across a laminated sheet asking if you want to "protect your investment." That's the extended warranty pitch, and dealers engineer it to hit your gut instead of your calculator. The FTC has a blunter name for what's actually on offer, and it's not a warranty at all. What You're Actually Buying Legally, an extended warranty isn't a warranty. The Federal Trade Commis










