12-11-2018, 06:46 PM
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Re: Extended Warranties
We bought an American style fridge freezer for about £1,000.We tried to negotiate the price given that it was a cash sale - no HP agreement. No go.The only thong the sales staff would move on was a discount on the extended warranty which we didn't want anyway.
The beast is still going strong 18 years later.
12-11-2018, 07:45 PM
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Re: Extended Warranties
Originally Posted by Artangel
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I always by good brands that l know should be reliable and go to the library to read the Which magazine.The only ones usually to profit from extended warantees are the salespeople who sell them.
..... and the "local" advice is good, too - hard water may cause more problems/wear than soft water (luckily, I'm soft) ......
Most electrical goods are well-built nowadays (see Which for Good/Bad Buys) so I haven't bought an extended warranty in over 20 years .....
13-11-2018, 01:15 PM
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Re: Extended Warranties
Waste of money. Most appliances fail very early in their life or very late in their life (it's a bathtub curve). An extended warranty insures an item for the very period when it is least likely to fail.One thing I was told when I was a very young man was to run every electrical/electronic appliance for 24 hours as soon as I got it home because if it is going to fail early that will find it out. Obviously that is not always practical but if it was possible I always have - TVs, amplifiers, stereos, computers etc and obviously things like fridges, A/C and the like.
Over the years that has proved to be very wise advice, on the rare occasion something did fail because it was only a day old they invariably changed it for another brand new item rather than insist on repairing it.
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