ellover009
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Just bought a PS3 at best buy I opted for the 2yr warantee, it was $100 should I get rid of it? The PS3 comes with a 1yr warantee. I'm thinking of marching in a getting my $100 back.
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arr4ws said:if you buy in store warranty , youll get a new ps3 in no time ... best buy will replace it themselve... with the 1 year sony warranty , you need to send it back and hassle with them...
i got a 1 year warranty at eb for my ds... best choice ever
Stereophile said:FWIW Consumer reports recommends against extended warranties except for the most expensive HDTVs. The $100 policy to extend your PS3 warranty probably cost the store that sold it to you less than $20. The odds are against you having to use the warranty. Especially just a one year extension. Now if you could add a 5 year warranty to it for $100, I would consider it.
codegrinder said:product failure rates for just the first three to four years of a products life are almost always in the double digits and in some cases reach a whopping 43%
Stereophile said:Yeah but the point is, even if you're unlucky and the product fails, more of the time you come out ahead without buying the extended warranty. With most consumer electronics, if it's going to break it happens right away, or at the end of its lifespan. Now if you pay $100 for an extra year on the warranty and it fails during that second year, you come out ahead. But most people who buy that same warranty will never use it. You're taking a gamble by not extending the warranty but usually for the price offered, Consumer reports is saying to just spend that money on getting it fixed if it ever comes down to that.
Warranties aren't bad. Good manufacturers stand behind their products. The problem is retailers stepping in as middle men. They make 400% more profit on the warranty then from selling the actual product. Hence they have enormous incentive to push them on people. It's like the protective sealant and scotchguard auto dealers sell. As for appliances, I always buy Maytag and have yet to use their excellent warranty.
I wouldn't purchase a product with a 40% failure rate.
Having to pay the entire bill at the end of every month FTLJasonx82 said:Pay with american express it doubles the standard PS3 warranty of 1 year to 2! (1st year covered by Sony, 2nd covered by AMEX)
AMEX FTW!
joemama said:Having to pay the entire bill at the end of every month FTL
GlimmerMan said:Thats not so bad. Then you don't pay interest.
There is the Amex Blue Card where you get the same warranty benefit and not have to pay your bill in full at the end of the month.
And about extended warrenties, I don't buy them unless the item I'm buying is a new model and very expensive. Otherwise, if an electronic device is defective, it will break well within the warrenty period. After that, the item will most likely become obsolete before it breaks.
ellover009 said:would you have bought one for the ps3?
GlimmerMan said:I don't have a PS3. But if I did buy a PS3, I wouldn't have brought the extended warrenty. The one year warranty is good enough for me. And I would have brought it with an Amex card.
ellover009 said:Don't have any type of credit cards yet.
Atta boy...just roll the dice like I do and spend that extra money on games.bembol said:Future Shop wants $109 plus taxes for 2 years, $129 for 3.
I have until January 21 to return/exchange it...if all goes well, so far it is *knock-on-wood* I'll skip the warranty and take my chances.
joemama said:Atta boy...just roll the dice like I do and spend that extra money on games.