Kris makes a good point re: the issues I ran into being more specific to
Best Buy than with Service Agreements in general. And I do agree re:
getting them for expensive items. I deem a laptop of the configuration I
need to be relatively expensive. If not in terms of actual investment
amount, at least in terms of use value in the event I must try to do without
a decent machine.
Gil
Gilbert M. Hale
New Freedom Data Resources
Pittsford, NY
585-359-8085
gil (AT) gilhale D.O.T com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com
> [mailto:profoxtech-bounces (AT) leafe D.O.T com]On Behalf Of Kristyne McDaniel
> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 11:22 PM
> To: profoxtech@leafe.com
> Subject: RE: [NF] 3 year extended warranty for notebook?
>
>
> Gil,
>
> > Now for some background bad experience... On 2 separate
> > laptop purchases from Best Buy I was told their 3 year
> > service contract covered replacement batteries. "All you
>
> ... snip ...
>
> My husband has purchased electronics some years past from Circuit
> City, and
> has purchased their extended warranties. He did not have the same problems
> with them that you had with Best Buy. Ditto for warranties purchased from
> Sears. It is possible that the problem was with Best Buy and not with the
> fact of extended warranties in general.
>
> Still, we no longer purchase extended warranties on anything but expensive
> items. If it is cheap enough to replace it when it fails, that's
> what we do
> and consider ourselves self-insured on smaller items.
>
> Best regards,
>
> - Kris
>
> www.shamrocktrails.com
>
>
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