Maintenance Monday: Protect Your Investment with a Photocopy

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Main­te­nance Mon­day is a reg­u­lar “col­umn” of sorts in which I share a main­te­nance tip. I am of the “qual­ity, not quan­tity” phi­los­o­phy and, to me, a key ele­ment of truly fru­gal liv­ing is buy­ing high qual­ity prod­ucts and then doing every­thing nec­es­sary to pro­tect that invest­ment and pro­long the life of my possessions.

~ o o o O o o o ~

Here’s a great tip that can end up sav­ing you tons of headache and heartache down the road:  the next time you pur­chase a big-ticket item be sure to make a pho­to­copy of your receipt.  This goes for any­thing on which the man­u­fac­turer offers more than a 3-month war­ranty and espe­cially on any item with a mid– to long-term war­ranty (whether that’s the stan­dard war­ranty or you pur­chased an extended warranty).

Make a pho­to­copy of your receipt and file it away some­place safe.

Do this even if you intend to keep the orig­i­nal receipt because in all like­li­hood that orig­i­nal receipt will fade into noth­ing­ness within a few months.  When that hap­pens it will be worth noth­ing in pro­vid­ing proof of purchase.

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