God bless extended warranties!

[GoingUp]

My 80GB hard drive took a crap on me yesterday so I carted it back to compusa. Got $140 back in store credit. They had Seagate 200gb harddrives on sale, so I paid

New drive + new warranty $198
Minus store credit - 140
_______
$58 dollars...

And there is a 70 rebate on the hard drive, so I'm actually getting paid $12 to get a 200gb HD 😀

 

[SaltBoy]

I don't drink, but here's one for ya': :beer:

 

[Saulbadguy]

Not bad. I do this with my cell phone. I've had 5 cell phones in the span of a couple years. Last phone that "broke", I got paid $40 after a rebate to get it.

 

[CraigRT]

nice deal!
hows the new hdd?

 

[samgau]

Now ,thats sweet....

 

[edro]

I do that with everything I buy now a days... I usually get everything from Best Buy. I have had the "same purchase" keyboard for 2 years now. I returted it twice, so I am on my third one. Whenever it flakes out in the least, I return it for a brand spankin new one.

I don't get why everyone whines about these extanded warranties... I love them.

 

[ThaGrandCow]

Originally posted by: edro13
I don't get why everyone whines about these extanded warranties... I love them.

Because if you want it you'll get it. Maybe the cashier mentions it to you one time. But a lot of people selling extended warranties will push and push until you take it, which pisses me off to no end

 

[Yossarian]

if you get extended warranties on everything you're losing money in the long run.

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
nice deal!
hows the new hdd?

nice.... its the seagate 200gb.... each platter is 100GB! so the data transfer rate is damn fast.... 😀 extremely quiet too...

 

[edro]

Originally posted by: PipBoy
if you get extended warranties on everything you're losing money in the long run.

Wrong. If you buy the 4 year replacement plan one, after 3 years or so, you accidently break your item, then get the store credit to buy a new one... It's like getting two for the price of one.

 

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: edro13

Originally posted by: PipBoy
if you get extended warranties on everything you're losing money in the long run.

Wrong. If you buy the 4 year replacement plan one, after 3 years or so, you accidently break your item, then get the store credit to buy a new one... It's like getting two for the price of one.

if you say so

 

[RossMAN]

Are Seagate 200GB's reliable?

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: CraigRT
nice deal!
hows the new hdd?

nice.... its the seagate 200gb.... each platter is 100GB! so the data transfer rate is damn fast.... 😀 extremely quiet too...

Nice... I have a Seagate 120GB 8MB drive, and it's fantastic... I'm really happy w/it 🙂

 

[bcterps]

Originally posted by: edro13

Originally posted by: PipBoy if you get extended warranties on everything you're losing money in the long run.

Wrong. If you buy the 4 year replacement plan one, after 3 years or so, you accidently break your item, then get the store credit to buy a new one... It's like getting two for the price of one.

I guess if you always accidentally break your items just before the extended warranty runs out, it's a good deal.

Personally, I take care of my items, and my credit card doubles the manufacturer's warranty, so that makes the extended warranty worth even less.