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Skriven 2009-09-07 07:36:00 av TOM WALKER (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av ROSS CASSELL
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RC> JP>> install of some software, zap ! Th machine would not recover. No
RC> JP>> warranty will ever cover SUEs.

RC> TW> Those extended Warranties are a "Sucker Bet".

RC>So is the insurance game intoto.

Except in the Life Inburance game it is difficult to build up a reserve
of a couple of Hundred Thousand Dollars by not paying the premium.


RC> TW> On most devices the ODDS are very high that you WILL NOT have a
RC> TW> failure.

RC>I pay for Car Insurance twice yearly yet only have had to make a single clai
RC>on 03/05/81.. :)

They is a manditory requirement here. NO insurance NO car Registratiuon.
you can post a Bond but it would take many, many years to save up the
Bond with the money gained by not paying htre premimums.

RC> TW>  I learned this many years ago and not have saved enough by
RC> TW> NOT getting the Extended Warranty that I can replace almost any failed
RC> TW> electronic device and still be ahead of the game in Money. Althogh I
RC> TW> do study the failure rates listed in Consumer Reports in making a
RC> TW> purchase decision on almost everything I buy.

RC>We sell those warranties, nearly everyone does now and its no secret they ar
RC>profit makers, on the assumption that they never get redeemed.

Exacticaly. Besides the money made on the premimum that may nor be used
a good percentive even Forget they have it and whne hte equipment fails
just either pay out of their own pocket for a repair or replace the
item.
I just picked up a replacement Car and boy do the "Closers" puch the
Automobile extended Warranty. Adn whne they start spouting off hte
prices for Replacement Engines and Transmissions I suspect it Scares
some into buying.
NOT this kid, I gamble and so far with the last dozen cars have WON!!
:-) But then I pick my vehicles veery carefully.

RC>I am required to offer them on all items that qualify and I do.

RC>I do believe in them on higher priced printers and of course computers.

RC>Our coverage, some which can start day one, others that start after the fact
RC>warranty expires do cover lightning and surge and will reimburse the purchas
RC>price and the cost of shipping is paid for.

RC>Had a customer purchase a laptop, our return policy is 14 days, she declined
RC>any extra coverage. On the 13th day, she brings it in with a cracked screen,
RC>totally unreadable. Our return policy doesnt cover such damage (dropped) nor
RC>does the Factory Warranty.

RC>Had she purchased the $79 2 year day one accidental damage and handling
RC>coverage, she would have been protected.

RC>There are cases when these things are good to have..

RC>However do not read this as if I am trying to change your mind, I am not, be
RC>on the frontline far more people decline the extra coverage than whom take i

RC>Otoh, its not unusual for customers to ask us for the extra coverage before
RC>even offer..

RC>Just remember when you are being offerred the coverage that the employee is
RC>only doing what his employers wants him to do and employers dont keep employ
RC>whom wont follow the program.

RC>==
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