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Originally posted by Flynblueskies:
Thanks for the info, I guess what my concern was that I wasn't sure why my local Nissan dealership was trying to sell me some waranty other than an actual Nissan waranty [...] It still is strange to me that a Nissan dealership is promoting other companies rather than its own?
One word: Profit

They can make a higher margin (profit) on the third party warranty. Like has been pointed out, most extended warranties are never used so it's a great profit center for the dealer - they can often make more on the sale fo the warranty than they did on the sale of the vehicle.

http://www.carbuyingtips.com - great site, esp. if you want to learn why dealers do what they do...
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