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    Good Article about extended warranties

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by ZaZ, Aug 28, 2005.

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    thanks for the link, that is thorough and a pretty fair assesment of extended warranties. I used to be pretty against buying a 3-year warranty for a laptop from places like BestBuy, but it makes sense for some and while it is a fat profit margin in general for these retailers, if you know you are a clutz and prone to breaking things and a warranty covers such things then you have the power of knowledege there.
     
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    I found interesting that laptops was one of the few things that Comsumer Reports recommended buying an extended warranty for. Buying it from the maker is usually a better option in my opinion. For the second and third year, accidental/theft is a better idea but they usually make you get both. Cause after the first year you are more likely to break it than have a failure.
     
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