Wow, Circuit City is really pushing it extended warrenties

[JEDI]

In Aug 2006, i bought a Samsung 20" monitor (1600x1200) for $212 after rebate.

I got a letter from them today offering a 3yr warrenty for $102. Warrenty is active on Aug 2007, 1yr after i bought it.

A) 50% of the cost for a warrenty? You got to be kidding...
B) Since when does Circuit City track you down to the warrenty info? Kinda Big Brother-ish...

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: JEDI
A) 50% of the cost for a warrenty? You got to be kidding...
B) Since when does Circuit City track you down to the warrenty info? Kinda Big Brother-ish...

Yes, I remember reading 1984 for the first time, and that scene where they finally catch up to the protagonist and his lover, "vaporize" them to a cell filled with psychological torments, and then offer to sell them extended telescreen protection haunted my nightmares for months.

 

[tatteredpotato]

The only product that the extended warranty pays is the Xbox 360

 

[13Gigatons]

I bought a vcr way back when and the place I bought it from sent me a letter about a extended warranty during the first year. It was only $25 though.

 

[Accipiter22]

Originally posted by: JEDI
In Aug 2006, i bought a Samsung 20" monitor (1600x1200) for $212 after rebate.

I got a letter from them today offering a 3yr warrenty for $102. Warrenty is active on Aug 2007, 1yr after i bought it.

A) 50% of the cost for a warrenty? You got to be kidding...
B) Since when does Circuit City track you down to the warrenty info? Kinda Big Brother-ish...

I thought they ALWAYS tracked people??

 

[Shadowknight]

It's been at least six months and I keep getting notices saying OMG! Your warranty expired and this is the VERY LAST TIME EVER you can extend it!!!!

!) The warranty already expired after I hit 36,000 miles a couple of years ago.
2) I've been sent AT LEAST six of theses notices, once twice on the same day.

The date for the "last time to take advantage of the extended warranty" keeps getting pushed back, oddly. Whatever. Only issue I have now is that for the second time the knob for the AC's broken, so I gotta replace that. It's $5, but I might complain since the last one broke. I mean, how much stress could *I* possibly put when turning a bloody knob? The last one lasted four years, plus it's a knob.

 

[ballmode]

i hate how they still do the rebates, Best Buy is instant now

 

[doze]

Originally posted by: BlameCanada
The only product that the extended warranty pays is the Xbox 360

servers, expensive laptops, and large HDTV's all pay to have an extended warranty

 

[jackace]

EVERY big corporation is looking for increased revenue, and extended warranties are HUGE money makers. Unless your making a large purchase the warranty is almost always not worth the cost. Even on the large purchases the warranty is not always worth the purchase price. Seems all the warranties now have some "loop" hole that gets them out of replacing or repairing my purchase every time I have bought a warranty so I no longer purchase them for anything.

 

[PokerGuy]

Extended warranties are for suckers. Unless you're buying something expensive that you know has a good chance of breaking (xbox360), you should never buy any extended warranty, the world of technology simply moves too fast. By the time you end up using the warranty, there's another product out that can do the same thing for half the price of the original purchase.

 

[MrBond]

Sears tracks you for warranties too if you buy a major appliance. Circuit City has always done this to my knowledge.

 

[AmigaMan]

as much as I'm an Apple fanboy, I wouldn't buy one without the extended warranty. But then again, I would do that on any laptop purchase (learned my lesson on my old Dell laptop). If I buy something that I can't afford to easily replace if it were to break, I buy a warranty. My MacBook Pro, yes. My Sony Alpha, no.

 

[Britboy]

According to an article I read in business week Circuit city makes all their profit from extended warranties, they only break even at best on all the stuff they sell. Walmart has started offering extended warranties at lower prices than CC to put the squeeze on them.

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: Britboy
According to an article I read in business week Circuit city makes all their profit from extended warranties, they only break even at best on all the stuff they sell. Walmart has started offering extended warranties at lower prices than CC to put the squeeze on them.

if that's cc's profit model, then it's time to sell their stock

 

[arcas]

If you buy it with an Amex card, you automatically get a 1-year extended warranty. Other credit cards might offer similar deals.

 

[compuwiz1]

The cost of an appliance or electronics warranty is normally way out of line, as a percentage of the purchase cost of the item.