Buying Retail

Well, to be fair, a lot of stores do this. Best Buy, Micro Center, even Walmart. Apple does it when you buy a device online.

But yeah, CC sales people were certainly persistent, lol.

sure, they all mention it, and mostly drop it when you say no thanks

and they'd frame it differently "hey, about one in 1000 does have a problem and needs to be replaced. Item's $500, warranty is $15, do you want it?

Circuit City went full Boiler Room