Laptop Insurance?

[Moogoo112]

Anyone have any experience with Safeware . Their premium is 96 dollars a year.. Any other companies out there like this? thx

 

[Frightcrawler]

strange...
just proves that nearly everything has insurance nowadays...

 

[dnuggett]

This is actually kind of interesting..... minimum coverage is $1150 and costs $69.00 a year. Maybe this is cheaper than most extended warranties?

 

[jschuk]

My service center was supposed to become a service center for Safeware, but I have only seen one unit come in under the safeware warranty. From that one unit, it seems like they do a good job of honoring their warranty (someone dropped thier laptop in this one case). I haven't looked into their prices, but I heard they were reasonable and I was told that they are based on the value of the item you are covering. It will take longer to get repaired as opposed to a manufacturer's "no-fault" warranty because you have to fill out an affidavit explaining what happened and then wait for them to approve it (should be 1-2 days for approval). I would say repair should take about 4-5 days longer than average to repair.

 

[MJ99]

$60 per thousand unless your a student, then its more.

 

[eriqesque]

I got it for my T40
Covered to $3500 no deductable
for $210 a year covers everything on the machine accidental ,theft etc...
whike at home or traveling in the US and Canada if traveling abroad can purchase
extra coverage.

 

[AnyMal]

How is this differs from Extended Warranty or service plans?

 

[eriqesque]

Originally posted by: AnyMal
How is this differs from Extended Warranty or service plans?

Extended Warranties are usually a one shot deal once used after
6 months or a year so on... you would need to repurchase another one.
service plans have to be specifically for accidental coverage and usually the LCD is extra.

 

[TazExprez]

I had this warranty on the two laptops that I've had. I never had to use it, but I will purchase it for my current laptop pretty soon.