Acer Laptop Warranty Question

Ok,I'm thinking of purchasing a Gemstone Blue laptop 6920G but I've been vacillating between paying for the Best Buy 3 Year Extended Warranty(which cost approximately 289$) or the the manufacturer's one (cost more or less 199$).Do both of them cover screen defects such as dead pixels,color alterations and whatnot. Additionally,if I were to select the Acer on-site warranty,would I have to pay for shipping if something vile were to occur to my laptop?

Thanks

EDIT: I live in Canada.

 

get a on site warranty

 

Any valid reason why?

Thanks!

 

ah Canada ah.

First off Acer's default warrenty requires you to pay shipping.
Second I don't think acer has 'on-site' warrenty. link?
Acer has a 'total protection' warrenty which 'covers' everything except intentional abuse and batteries.

I have a very extensive history with acer and because of it I don't recommend there products.

just a few things to note are:
-Acer Does NOT have 24-hour phone service
-Acer is noted for long wait times on hold(I know)
-From my experience the average Acer repair takes 2-2.5 weeks but have been longer.
-Acer's repair center is in Missisaga ON. and every thing gets shipped there.

on a good note though most acer's are good and if you get a 'good' one it will work forever (except there HDD's) if you get a bad one you will send it in again and again until you scrape it or demand a replacement by call down to Texas...

if you do get Acer's warrenty make sure you activate in 14days and then call and confirm that is correctly activated, I had issues with this...
Acer Canada phone # 1 800 816 2237 (I have it memorized)

I recomend bestbuys warrenty as I think they have 3-strikes your out warrenty(as in they replace it if it breaks 3 times) acer doesn't have that and it is VERY difficult to get a replacement out of acer.

 

i am thinking of buying the 8920 at bestbuy do they have that service? and also where in mississauga is the repair place?

 

If you are really set on getting an Acer, I would go for the Best Buy warrranty due to their 3 strikes clause. Based on my experience, there is a good chance you will use it.

 

I worked at BBY and now for Future Shop. Retail warranty (service plan) is much better since:

- Performance guarantee: Not working up to standards? Bring it in.
- No lemon: 3+ repairs? In-store credit towards any laptop.
- Can't fix? See above.
- 60+ days to fix? See above.
- 100% parts, labour, shipping, etc.
- Worldwide
- Power surge
- Transferable
- On-site: Bring in to any Best Buy, they fix it on site.

* In the 1st year, they have to send it to the manufacturer due to legal reasons, however all the other benefits still apply.

For the extra $$ I think it's definitely worth it, especially if you're getting an extension in the 1st place. None of the above is covered by Acer.

 

Thanks for such an insightful post.I read every bit of it and retained the valuable information in my mind.It would be grateful to have another viewpoint because I despise the fact that I have to spend 89$ for the same amount of time :\.