Does anyone ever send in their warranty cards?

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hoosierboy

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I have bought both new and used pistols and have yet to fill out a warranty card. Maybe you think I am paraniod, but with s&w settling with our government, they might turn over those records to the feds. We all now know that glock is taking down ballistic measurements from each serial number.

We just found out that butch reno is recording info from the nics sheets, which is illegal. I just don't want to add more of a paper trail.

When they come for our guns I can always tell them it fell out of the boat.

Am I the only paraniod one, or does anyone agree with me. Please correct me if I am wrong, but after the settlement this past week, and probably more to follow. I just don't trust anybody.
 
Depends on the gun. If it is a new gun, bought from a dealer, most likely I will go ahead and fill out the warranty.
 
I don't.

I suppose I agree to some extent with you about the fear of "overly-cooperative" gun companies, but it's mostly just laziness and impatience.

I've learned two things about sending guns in for warranty work. First... it's rarely worth the effort. 99% of the time the problem is something that can be corrected by a gunsmith for $50 or less. To me, that's a much better bargain than waiting the 3-12 months for the factory to do the repair. Secondly, on the few times I was foolish enough to send a gun back to the factory, they've never been interested in warranty info. I just take the gun to the gunshop and have them send it in for me. The gun always comes back repaired and no charges or questions are asked (although the time span has never been worth it). Don't tell anyone (Ha!) but Smith and Wesson and Colt have each repaired guns for me that I bought used!

Anyway, I don't think that the warranty cards really matter, good or bad, in the end.
 
Registration is not neccesary to validate a warrantee. All you need is proof of purchase date (reciept). I never send'em in... not on a toaster, lawnmower, or especially a gun! The only purpose is to sell the information that you provide to mailing lists.
 
Well, first off, in Florida up till I renewed my CCW, I didn't have to get a NICS check. Secondly, I have a CCW permit...I am fairly sure they suspect I own guns.
 
Filling out warranty cards is one of those little detail-oriented things old ckurts was never good at. If my wife doesn't do it, it doesn't get done.

Now, carefully disassembling, cleaning, and lubing a firearm, that's a different story.
 
Kathryn, I don't know about protoolman, and I know this won't work in all cities, but here, when I buy a gun privately, I call the local PD and ask them to run the serial number to see if it is stolen. Some PDs, particularly in larger cities, won't do this over the phone---they require you to bring the gun in person. But if you call around to smaller town PDs near you, you might find one that will do it.
 
One reason companies like warranty cards
is that they use your little survey to sell
your info to others. That's how you get on
mailing lists.

So that list, indicating you have a gun
is now all over the place.
 
fastforty is correct. The contract is formed at the time of purchase. Sending in the card does nothing to enhance or detract from whatever warranty you already have. The only thing a sending in the "warranty registration" does is help the company market its products by all the demographic questions you answer. My general rule of thumb is if they're picking up the postage ("no postage necessary"), I'll do them the favor of filling it out. If it says "Place stamp here", well then they can stick it. I wouldn't send one in if you're concerned about the gov't getting the info - good point. Also, I should point out that we consumers enjoy the benefit of an implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose in 49 states, under the UCC, if the good (gun) is over $500.00 (maybe the threshold limit has goes up since I studied it - anyone know?)
 
I have never, never, NEVER, ever sent in a warrantycard on any new firearm I bought. Why? They're not registering the gun, they're registering the gun owner. You buy a Remchester Model 727 in .292 Tornado as Josiah Blow, and you are on a list that can be made available to the government on request. I don't think they even need a search warrant. There was an article in some gun magazine about this many years ago, sometime in the late 60s, if memory serves. It made sense, so no warranty card gets filler out and mailed in.
Paul B.
 
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