Re: extended warrantees

[graywolf]

Kind of sounds like you had a manufacturer's extended warrenty (MEW). That is a 
quite a bit different beast then the usually worthless retail insurance policy 
(RIP) retailer's try to sell you. A MEW just lengthens the regular warrenty 
service of the product. It is as solid as the manufacturer/importer whereas 
those RIP's are issued by some fly-by-night company you never heard of. One of 
the main differences is the MEW is issued by the people who are going to fix it 
if it has a problem, the RIP (seems a very appropriate acronym) on the other 
hand is going to get Joe Blow's Repair Shop to fix it. IF they are still in 
business when you have a problem.

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George Sinos wrote:
Earlier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote "They have been around for a long time as 
a vehicle to build retailer margins... Don't ever purchase them! "

On the other hand, I bought my son a pretty good laptop computer just 
before he left for college from "a major mail-order computer maker" with 
a 3 year extension to the 1 year warranty.  In his Junior year they 
replaced the LCD panel.  In his senior year they replaced the keyboard 
and main processor board.  Everything has been replaced except for the 
plastic case.  They came to him and did all the repairs on site.

 From my point of view, the extended warranty on that purchase was a 
no-brainer.  He was taking an expensive, hi-tech piece of equipment into 
a high-risk environment, several hundred miles away from home.  $150 
extra on a $2000+ purchase was the lessor risk.

Sometimes the extended service plans make sense.

See you later, gs
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