[JohnWill]

hewee, I suggest you keep wasting your money on extended warranties, simply because you know one lottery winner.

[The Villan]

I would be inclined to buy a very good warranty for a laptop, as there are two major risks.
The first being the ease that you can damage the screen.
The second is the circuit board underneath the keys,

I had both things happen on different occasions.

I paid Comet about £180 for a 3 year international warranty, which covered accidental damage and theft,

The screen went first due to my wife putting something heavy on the top of the closed laptop, which cracked the screen. It was repaired.

In the second year, the circuit board went. The Laptop was replaced with a current model at the time.

I still have that Laptop and it works great and it is now out of Warranty.

So sometimes it is worthwhile, but you have to use your common sense on these things.

I remeber once at Curries saying to the sales guy, that if I bought a washing machine, cooker, fridge and dishwasher, would he give me discount.

He did but it wasn't enough, so I said I would go elsewhere.
At that he said the only thing he could do was to add another year onto the manufacturers warranty for each appliance. I knew that most of that was sheer profit, but I decided it was well worth doing.

So I bought from the guy.

[JohnWill]

I have owned seven laptops over the last 8-9 years, and I would have gained $0.00 of repairs on any extended warranty on any of them. I can't imagine what people are doing with their machines if they manage to damage either the screen or the circuit board. Obviously, I don't do things like pile bricks on the laptop or pour coffee into the keyboards!

However, I love to see folks buying the extended warranties, makes the company money so they can keep the prices lower for me!

[The Villan]

Blame my wife

[hewee]

Originally Posted by JohnWill

hewee, I suggest you keep wasting your money on extended warranties, simply because you know one lottery winner.

I only got it on the computer and I never buy extended warranties on anything else.

Got call this morning about warranty on my refrigerator this morning and knew right away what it was about. Lady goes this is about your warranty on your refrigerator and that was it when I said no and she gave up and that was it. Must of been new at this because as soon as I said no she did not try to come up with a reason why I need it etc like all the others.
But again I still got another year from American Express.

[dock98]

i have several things with extended warranty fro Best Buy.
42" plasma
air conditioner
laptop
i have been dealing with my local one for many years.never had a problem.quick response by "geek squad" for extended warranties.

[JohnWill]

It's your money.

[dock98]

Originally Posted by JohnWill

It's your money.

they have refunded the entire price of an air conditioner after 3 years.
they have replaced my laptop battery and a charger.
they have come out to service my plasma tv.
which part of that do you think is wasteful spending?

[JohnWill]

You are probably the unluckiest person on the planet. I'd buy extra life insurance if all that happened to me!

The bottom line is if they had to do that for the average person that buys the extended warranty, they'd stop offering them. Those warranties are the biggest moneymaker in the store, and most retail stores push them as hard as they can.

I was in Home Depot with my son-in-law, and he picked up a cheap $30 electric drill. They wanted to sell him an extended warranty for $10 to add a year to the one year warranty. I had to talk him out of buying it! Oh, that was at least three years ago, the drill still works fine, and might outlive me.

[hewee]

I bet you can buy Insurance to cover everything in your home for less then getting an extended warranty on many things.

Years ago about 1975 a friends dad who got everything from Sears and or had a insurance plan with them that covered everything or all the "Major Appliances" and that means the heater and AC unit too.
Big family with 3 refrigerator's too.
But he said it covered all these things and they I don't think all came from Sears but were covered under the Sears insurance he was paying $100.00 a year on that he said was the best thing around because he got more out of it then paid into it.
But you got repairs or a new Appliance if it could not be fixed.
New AC/Heater unit to replace out one right there saved him lots of money but he had other things fixed and replaced also.

[JohnWill]

I think the manufacturers are trying to cut out the extended warranty folks.

I'm getting two new heat pump systems installed, and the Amana units offer a 10 year parts and labor warranty on the units. This is standard, not an extra you pay for.

[hewee]

Yea but you could get 20 10 year parts and labor warranty on the units for another $2,000.00.

[awa13]

Firstly, Best Buy is the single WORST place for anything, not just extended warranties. Their prices aren't even all that competitive and they just suck overall, period. IF I went into that store, it is either because it's a shortcut to Annies Pretzels in the mall or I simply want to see if there is anything in there that appeals to me so I can buy it elsewhere for less.

Second, John Will has been around here for awhile now and I completely agree with what he is saying regarding extended warranties - money wasted. Might as well take that money you pay for extended warranties - even home warranties, and flush it. Whomever disagrees is just pissed cause they bought an extended warranty. I know I am pissed cause I bought one - for my house. So far, they've declined every claim.

Lastly, why buy an extended warranty for your computer if you could always come here and get it fixed for free? Or, you could take the money you saved on an extended warranty and donate it to this site. You must like something about it or we wouldn't be replying to your posts right now ...

[dock98]

i am 65 and a business owner.
one thing i have learned,along with tolerance and understanding;opinions are like rectums,everyone has one.
just because you do not share an opinion does not mean you are wrong.
different strokes for different folks.
if your opinion means that much to you than nothing i can say or do will matter.

[JohnWill]

It's my money we're talking about, and not wasting it on high profit extended warranties!