Comments on: Organize Your Warranty Information – What You Should Keep

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My WORST Idea for Organizing Warranties — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:01:07 +0000

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By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:46:37 +0000

@linlu Good idea to date as throw away (on the boxes) at a specific time.

@allison Good point, I was trying to think of what other useless stuff comes in boxes – I haven’t bough anything for a while, so I forgot about instructions in other languages. Yeah, those can and should be recycled.

@N. & J. I like keeping the warranty with the manuals, but this is another way to organize, if you get overwhelmed with papers especially.

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File Drawer Storage for Warranty Information — Fri, 23 May 2008 05:15:57 +0000

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By: N. & J.

N. & J. — Thu, 22 May 2008 01:49:05 +0000

I keep the boxes for about a month which is long enough to figure out if it came to defective after that I chuck the box and packaging because they take up too much room. I keep the manuals in one file box and the warranty cards in a file in my file cabinet. For expensive items like the Ipods, computers, TVs I keep an excel sheet that lists the make, model, and serial number in case anything gets stolen.

This way everything is organized and I don’t have to go scramble for anything.

By: allison carter

allison carter — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:49:57 +0000

If you know how to use it without instructions, toss em. Also toss out the spanish, french, german and japanese translations (unless that’s your language).

By: Michele

Michele — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:05:17 +0000

Oh, I am looking forward to the warranty series! I just did a first pass at setting up the closet in my office (we’ve lived here 2 years, but are in the midst of a multi-year remodel) and the warranties are in better shape than they were, but I want to improve.

By: linlu

linlu — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:36:12 +0000

I keep the boxes for large or expensive items in my closet or the attic/storage areas for the duration of the manufacturers warranty – usually a year. I date the boxes with a “throw out after “, so I don’t have to guess how long I need to keep it.