I can speak for Office Depot on the warranties. They changed the plans recently and the Accidental Damage and Handling is a lot cheaper than it used to be. From day one you get the Accidental Damage and Handling, one time battery replacement and surge coverage. After the year limited manufacturer's warranty is up Office Depot covers hardware issues, has a very helpful call center (had to use them myself recently), pays for shipping and like Best Buy if they can't fix the same problem three times you get a new laptop.
Now, here's the funny thing. If during the first year you develop hardware issues and Gateway, Toshiba, HP or Acer won't help you still have the accidental damage coverage. It's not something we're allowed to out right tell customers but we can hint that if you break the damn thing you can use the OD coverage you bought. On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Ronald Methvin <[email protected]> wrote: > Speaking of screens, normally extended warranties aren't worth it, but > laptops are the exception. Normally, the regular warranty only covers the > screen for a year, even if the rest of the warranty is for 3 years. The is > a good chance the screen will have issues within 3 years. With Best Buy, I > got a free new laptop at 2 1/2 years after I had to get it repaired 3 times: > harddrive issue, CD drive issues, and screen issue. > > --- On *Fri, 12/12/08, Ed <[email protected]>* wrote: > > From: Ed <[email protected]> > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Re: HELP! Need Laptop Recommendations > To: "The Unique Geek" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, December 12, 2008, 1:55 PM > > Oh, and a screen > too. > > E > > On Dec 12, 1:46 pm, "Todd Elliott" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Oh, that's the other thing about cheap laptops. Make sure you at > least get > > a Dual-core. AMD or Intel, doesn't matter, but there's no reason > for a > > single core now a days. > > > > > > -- This post/e-mail was written by Michael Bailey, Superman Apologist Hey, I have a podcast http://www.viewsfromthelongbox.com Hey, I have a comic book blog. http://www.fortressofbaileytude.com Hey, I'm on the Unique Geek http://www.theuniquegeek.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
