Hey guys,

I am looking for the opinion of some tech folks.

I recently purchased a new laptop (refurbished product) because I needed one. I got an offer today, to extend my warranty for 1 year, complete coverage (drops, spills, water damage, + tech support and full replacement of broken product) for $99 + tax.

Is it worth it to protect my system for the next 12 months?

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"She's like plan C after an 18 pack"

Squanto 7/27/2010

Yes.

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If it's an all-inclusive policy, when it starts working like shit, drop it.

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Yeah, I would definitely get it.


lmao

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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hockey Night in Buffalo

My personal opinion is that extended warranties blow.

Each and every time I've tried to utilize them, I've gotten fucked because of some loophole or another.

HP's have been great with me - I've seriously just stepped on a laptop LCD because it had a few dead pixels..."accidental damage" covered it.

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You just need to lie about how it happened for the most part.

It's like insurance on your phone, it starts to blow, run it over with your car or use a baseball bat. Literally what a guy told my one friend to do to his phone.

I got a extended warranty on my PS3, thank goodness I did too, because as soon as my manufacturers warranty ran out, it broke.

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my manufacturers warranty expired the day before my first xbox red ringed. i called em, and they fixed it for free. no need for a warranty.

ANYWAYS. ive had 2 laptops fry on me and i still dont get a warranty. they were HPs so... hopefully this toshiba will be better for me.

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The RROD was warrantied for 3 years though.

That was a separate warranty also, technically speaking.

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That's exactly what happened to me with my TV, except I didn't get an extended warranty. Garbage.

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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hockey Night in Buffalo

i dont think so. i think microsoft just said, gee, this is a problem, lets get em in and ship em out for free.

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Uhhh yea.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 610AAzbJDe

The Xbox had the standard 1 year like everything else and had a separate 3 year RROD warranty. I know this stuff. That's the reason the Xbox slim came out, to eliminate the RROD, which it has done.

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the three year warranty was created in july 2007. my first xbox died before then. and it was fixed for free. and it was out of warranty.

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They were probably about ready to announce it then by the time you had the failure. They reimbursed e eryone from it too.

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Unless I'm retarded, it hasn't been out a year...so we're not quite sure....

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I got one on my MacBook and it was definitely worth it.

BUT I THOUGHT MACS NEVER EVER EVER DIE!?!?!?!?

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Mine hasn't died.

It has needed some repairs, most of which were my fault.

sure sure..

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What, it came out in June of last year, it's been over a year and I've never heard of the RROD on the slim Xboxs. The old Xbox casing had no airflow, which was the reason of the hardware failure as the processor came off from it getting too hot. They redesigned the case to flow more air and redid the fan in it, it doesn't do that anymore.

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