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Thread ID: 105112	2009-11-19 17:59:00	Should we get an extended guarantee on TV	andreas.hagen (15380)	Press F1

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831647	2009-11-20 01:23:00	We just bought a new washing machine from a major retailer, the sales girl was really trying to push the extended warranty thing even though I had declined it. I then brought to her attention that the washing machine was already covered by both the CGA and the makers own warranty. Her reply to that was that the CGA only covered the washing machine up to it being found fualty at time of delivery to our house and the washing machine itself already had a 2 year warranty on it. While I was waiting for her to finish the paper work on our purchase, a elderly gent bought himself one of those $29 dollar bedside radio's, they sold him I think another 2 years of warranty which cost more than the radio itself cost. Only reason we didn't walk away from the purchase and go else where was it was 50% sale and we really needed a washing machine. A lot may depend on the retailer. I bought a car stereo for my wife and that was almost 2 years out of warranty when it just died, a phone call to the retailer and they said, come on in and they replaced it with a new model, no cost difference, they even did all the work to take the old one out and put in the new one. Our Microwave started playing up, out of warranty by only a couple of months, replaced with no questions asked. No extended warranty applied to either product. Only time I ever had a extended warranty was when I bought my first car, didn't know better all those years ago, when I went to claim under the extended warranty, even though the small print said that fault was covered, nothing but excuses and passing the buck, in the end, was quicker to fix it myself.	PinoyKiw (9675)
831648	2009-11-20 07:28:00	Her reply to that was that the CGA only covered the washing machine up to it being found fualty at time of delivery to our house That is incorrect on so many levels, for a start you can claim beyong the warranty of a product under the CGA, say if the washing machine failed at 2 . 5 or even 3 years, I would put big money on you winning assuming the retalier did not cave in first .	Battleneter2 (9361)
831649	2009-11-20 08:01:00	I got them to knock two hundred off a TV that was already reduced by $400, then paid $200 for the five year warranty on the basis it really didn't cost me anything. But I appreciated it was unnecessary at the time, but I had vouchers and the Bravia 40 inch ended up costing $500 for a $2400 set.	Twelvevolts (5457)
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