Very few extended warranties are worthwhile. You avoided a store tax. The only extended warranty I've ever purchased is AppleCare for Macs. I think that's a bit of a ripoff as well, but it's a necessary evil. Paul On Jun 22, 2008, at 10:33 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
> I'm interested in comments on what PDMLers think about extending the > Pentax factory warranty (2 years in Canada) with an extended warranty. > My impression is that Pentax lenses, especially such as the Limited > ones, are very rugged and reliable and so an extended warranty is a > waste of money. > > Background: I purchased a new SMC DA 2.8 35mm Macro Limited on > Saturday. > This was my first purchase from a particular large Canadian photo > chain > (Henry's). I was taken aback by how aggressively the sales guy was > pushing Henry's extended warranties on stuff, even on the UV filter! > The lens was $449 Ca, and they want $79 for a warranty that will push > total coverage out to 5 years. I'm always leery of 3rd-party extended > warranties on products that are generally solidly built and > expected to > last for a very long time, so I declined it. My take is that stores > like this don't feel they're making enough on the bare products so > they > want to load the purchase with useless add-ons. (I know that many > feel > that UV filters themselves are useless add-ons.) > > So, would you have taken the warranty on this lens? Am I leaving > myself > open to an expensive repair bill 3 years from now, or did I shrewdly > avoid a "store tax"? > > Cheers! > > -bmw > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
