[speaker001:] will I return anything
[speaker002:] well really the only things that I have returned have not been faulty it's been because of the size or
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] some problem like that I really haven't had to return things because they didn't perform the way they were supposed to
[speaker001:] most the time they have a pretty good guarantee uh only thing I've had lately is uh my kids got all these Barbie kind of toys for uh Christmas and uh it it takes them less than a day and they're broken in one way or another but I don't know if that's just kids or if that's uh maybe those type of parts should should be for older kids
[speaker002:] um-hum what age are your children
[speaker001:] I have a five and a half and a three and a half year old that play with them
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and uh I don't think they're unduly rough but maybe they are I don't know but uh a lot of the little Barbie sets they come with real little pieces
[speaker002:] I
[speaker001:] and they're easily lost and easily broken but
[speaker002:] um-hum well my daughter is twenty one now so it's been a while since we've had Barbie things
[speaker001:] but you know it's been a while since they've uh gone through the Barbie stage doll stage huh
[speaker002:] but we did have Barbies we did have Barbies and things and there seems to me that that became a craze when she was already oh like you know third fourth fifth grade
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] so she wasn't in it for very long before she was out of it but uh I don't remember her breaking a lot of stuff
[speaker001:] don't remember her breaking the
[speaker002:] no I don't but I also don't remember lots of little pieces they've got so many different things with it now
[speaker001:] right well that's one thing they've got they've got every type of imaginable camping on the beach and all of these come with oh like little tiny tiny little plates and little sunglasses and uh my three and a half year old has wanted this
[speaker002:] goodness
[speaker001:] Ken doll and so I finally got her a Ken doll and uh less than a week later the arm was broken
[speaker002:] oh dear
[speaker001:] but they were real good about replacing it that's one nice thing is they're real good about replacing it
[speaker002:] well uh I guess if they'll replace them then they assume they shouldn't have broken
[speaker001:] right well the the you know those little arms are supposed to twist almost any way and she's not that strong that I would
[speaker002:] any direction um um-hum
[speaker001:] she's not that big of a girl that I think could really take a grip on it like a bigger kid could you know
[speaker002:] right yeah the main thing that they've they had when my daughter was playing with Barbies was just clothes you know that was about it
[speaker001:] yes that was about it and the Barbie doll itself is usually pretty durable
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and that kind of stuff but
[speaker002:] and the main thing my kids are seem to be into nowadays are electronics my my children are twenty one and twenty five and twenty eight
[speaker001:] oh is that right well do you see that there's a little big problem with electronic things
[speaker002:] um-hum and so no not really we uh haven't had that much you know problem with things that we have bought they seem to to last in fact when they offer us extended warranties we we don't buy them because we've
[speaker001:] don't buy them because you don't need them
[speaker002:] we don't we find we don't need them and uh it seems like it's just a an added tack on plus a lot of their credit cards now you know will guarantee
[speaker001:] yes
[speaker002:] if you purchase on your credit card you know then they extended put an extended warranty on it if it doesn't work and and uh or if you have a problem with it in a certain period of time so it seems like it's a waste of money
[speaker001:] oh yes that's the way yes well you almost assume if you're gonna have problems with it it's usually before before that warranty would expire any the first one
[speaker002:] um-hum and like I've even bought on a recliner once I bought you know a a an extended warranty for cleaning and stuff like that and I never used it
[speaker001:] you never never even needed it
[speaker002:] and so they it seems ridiculous and like washers and dryers and things like that I've never had one go out in fact they usually when they do go out it's either something my husband can buy the part and fix and we don't even have a repairman come or it means it's old enough that it's time to replace the whole thing um-hum
[speaker001:] it's time to replace it yes I I think these extended warranties are gimmicks really
[speaker002:] so I mean they're I do too
[speaker001:] a lot of it we bought when we first married we bought one on our TV and that there was it was a five year after the first five years and that was ridiculous
[speaker002:] um-hum and they charge you a pretty good price for them too
[speaker001:] yes they're a pretty healthy price and you're trying to think oh maybe I'll need this you never you always think gosh if I say no then I won't you know
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] but
[speaker002:] well my husband finally just put his foot down and he said we're not gonna buy any of these anymore and if it goes out well you know
[speaker001:] I don't know if you probably got your time worth out of it anyway
[speaker002:] um-hum and uh so uh we really have been fairly happy with with things but now we take good care of things and we don't um run out and buy a lot of of things either and since our kids aren't little anymore I'm not buying a lot of those little things that can get broken
[speaker001:] yes the little well you probably are real careful of the brands you buy and the when you do buy things you probably watch what kind of type of quality yes
[speaker002:] well you look at the consumer guide and uh you go around and you look at the different ones and find the ones that have the