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Extended service plans - worth the cost? |
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Post# 226178 , Reply# 1 7/30/2007 at 11:29 (6,108 days old) by toggleswitch  (New York City, NY) |
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Most consumer advocate groups (IN MY OPINION) say these are a waste of $. SEARS makes sales associates sell "maintenance-agreements" which are basically pure profit that is given to the stores. Now with computer-boards instead of timers (or other mechanical controls) I myself do get them. Prevents wasting the whole machine when it inevitably dies a premature circuitry-death. I have had two appliances blow a comuterized circuit board for apparently no discernable reason. | ||
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Post# 226191 , Reply# 3 7/30/2007 at 13:15 (6,108 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR) |
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I don't agree that they are a waste of money!
I keep them on all my appliances and have used them many times. Most recently I had to have the icemaker fixed for the third time. Each time they (Sears) come out, no questions aaked and put in a new one. I have my washer covered under my Home Warranty. The motor burned out on my Bosch washer when it was five years old. I waited 2 weeks for the motor that was on back order. Istead of making me wait any longer, they sent me a check for $1198 to replace it with a new machine. And let me dispose of the machine so you know how I handled that. I paid about $80 for the warranty on the frig and certainly got my money out of that. The home warranty costs me about $600 per year. I am on year two and have used it for the washer as noted above, my garage door opener, and twice for a plumbing issue. We have a problem with two bathtubs draining slowly, they are coming out this week to take care of that. I carried one on the old house and had to replace the furnce at no cost and had both Central Air units serviced. I really think they are well worth the money. | ||
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Post# 226223 , Reply# 4 7/30/2007 at 15:07 (6,108 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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I got my money's worth on extended maintenance almost every year of the 9 that I owned my Amana washer/dryer pair. When I bought my Duet pair earlier this year I thought that an extra 4 years for coverage on BOTH machines at a cost of only $129 was a bargain. The cheaper coverage from HD is an even better deal (if it covers both washer and dryer) and in the scheme of things I wouldn't hesitate to go for it. The Duets and the Epics are complex machines and any repair call is going to cost you $89 minimum. If you only have them out once in 4 years, you will have more than recovered your costs. Don't even think twice. Spend the $89.
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| Post# 226239 , Reply# 5 7/30/2007 at 15:28 (6,108 days old) by dnastrau (Lords Valley, PA) | ||
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Good feedback Once again, thanks to everyone for their feedback. It looks like it is $89 well spent on a machine as complex as the Epic. Our DD KitchenAid toploader was another matter - very simple in comparison. Andrew S. | ||
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Post# 226258 , Reply# 6 7/30/2007 at 16:34 (6,108 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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At my local appliance retailer (P.C. Richard and Son), they won't really negotiate prices. But they WILL throw in the extended warranty at the ticketed prices. (i.e. technically mark the appliance down such that appliance + warranty = original sticker/ tag price.) The sales-help gets pressure to sell the warraties as well. So to save-face, better to discount slightly and sell the warrany any way possible. Everyone is happy. [CONGRATS boy and girls and girly-boys did you notice that opinions differed radically and no one felt the need to attack or slaughter anyone else? LET'S GIVE OUSELVES A HAND! Was that so hard?] :-) CLICK HERE TO GO TO toggleswitch's LINK | ||
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