Garmin: Have you guys ever thought of offering an extended warranty?

Not something I’ve ever considered for anything I’ve purchased. 

I just can echo what Phil wrote in his comment as I never considered to spend extra money on extended warranty. For example here in Europe depending on where your watch was ordered from it might come with different warranty period. European Union law gives consumers a 2-year guarantee for any new goods bought from a professional trader based in the EU. During this 2-year period, the trader is responsible for any fault in the product. In some countries national law may require the trader to provide longer guarantees. One of these countries is Hungary where for products with prices above 250,000 HUF (+/- 810 USD/710 EUR) are backed by 3-year warranty period. All Fenix7 models are being sold above the previously mentioned 250,000 HUF. Last Friday Feb4th, 2022 I purchased a F7s SS & a F7X SS with 3-year warranty and I'm very happy with the new gadgets after having used a F3 more than 6 years.

The problem with the two-year EU-'warranty'-law is that after six months the necessary proof for the root of the defect having been present at the beginning lies with the buyer.

So it's a joke. You simply cannot prove an initial defect to a company. It just sounds good.

That's why companies like Garmin give you their own warranty. Then, however, it's by their rules, which usually means exchange for a used item.

Still, an extended Garmin warranty, like Apple offers it, would be absolutely great. Won't happen, though, because most non-repairable products are, as a rule of thumb, tailored to last not more than twice the warranty period. This statistically ensures an acceptable return rate for the producer.

Apple slaps on a high price for the extended warranty, and also in general seems to produce a higher quality product than Garmin.

Just considering how a Garmin button changes its feel after maybe a mere two thousand presses indicates the level of accepted decay in balancing the cost.

Although, of course, a slightly better membrane, a slightly better contact material and a slightly better spring mechanism would probably not even up the cost by more than a dollar.

So it's more about getting the customer to accept that 'things just break' and 'it's time to move on' - to the next product in the same locked-in ecosystem, of course.

Planned obsolescence is not a myth. It's business 101 these days.

The six months were recently changed to 1 year

I get additional warranty when buying using my Mastercard

That's great. I just read up on it. Since January 2022. Also, wenn something is bought broken, the seller only has one chance to rectify it, not three.