Was sold a "Lifetime Warranty" on this new heater for an additional $20 ($99 vs. $79) and found to my dismay that the "warranty" only brought the price of the heater down to what the competition sells it for anyway (after the factory warranty expires). Oh yes - they throw in a couple of bottles of worthless "waterbed conditioner" if you spring for the scam warranty - probably to get around legal issues of the scam. Anyways, to add insult to injury, the heater thermostat was faulty from the get-go and the... read full review »