Anyone have experience with Circuit City Extended Warranty (Digital Cameras)<<<TIA>>>

Anyone have experience with Circuit City Extended Warranty (Digital
Cameras)<<<TIA>>>

 

Almost all "extended warranties" are a waste of your money. Avoid them, and
be firm with the pushy salespeople. In fact, they tend to be so pesky that
this is now my standard line, delivered right up-front before I even make
the purchase:

"I've decided I'm going to buy this from you, but I want to tell you up
front that I don't want the extended warranty, and I don't want you to tell
me about it or ask me about it. Do you understand?"

If they plow ahead anyway, I give them one more warning:

"If you insist on pushing the issue, I'll walk right now."

And then if they continue, I walk away without another word. They always
call me back..."Wait, I'm sorry...ok, I won't ask you about the extended
warranty."

All that, because I recently had a bad experience with a bitch of a
sales-lady who just...wouldn't...let...it...go.

 

That's a good tactic but you give them one more shot than I do-- I say up
front if they bring it up, I'll walk... and I do.

I do the same thing when I buy cars-- telling the salesman and sales manager
that the deal is voided and I'll walk if the "business manager" brings up
extended warranty, undercoating, paint sealant, prepaid oil changes or
anything else like that.

The other thing I do is tell them I won't pay the $295 "documentary fee"
they preprint on the sales order form. They tell you it's required to
"process the title" and move the paperwork through the state DMV. But in
Georgia where I live, the dealer is required to give you the Manufacturer's
Statement of Origin no later than 72 hours after the check clears. If you
take it and the bill of sale to the local DMV office and pay a $5.00 title
fee plus $11.00 for your license plate, you're on your way in a few
minutes...$279 to the good.

Edw.

 

Well you did use the word "almost" so I'll give you a break And it's
off topic sort of, BUT, I agree with you absolutely EXCEPT in the case
of notebook computers. I always recommend the two or three year
extended warranty for $100.

dick
-- but that was back in the days when notebooks cost 1500 or more for a
decent machine. And I did once buy an extended warranty for a 90 dollar
personal CD player since it was only 10 dollars.

 

That is in fact why I used the word "almost" - very expensive and
complicated items *may* be worth it, depending on the prices involved and
your own expertise or access to expertise. But mostly, the risk vs reward
ratio heavily favors the retailer, and isn't worth your money.

 

One more exception: Sirius has a pseudo "lifetime" subscription
plan for their satellite radios. The problem is that it is only for
the lifetime of the receiver. If it dies after the warranty ends,
the lifetime subscription dies with it. Sirius and Audiovox (one of
the hardware manufacturers) recommend finding a store that offers
warranties that extend to 4 years. Radio Shack only goes to 3
years, and I believe that Circuit City only allows for a 1 year
extension. In this case the extended warranty not only protects the
hardware, but the far more expensive Sirius subscription as well.

 

I had an extended warranty on a camcorder with CC a few years back and the
tape door froze and would not open. I took it to CC and they repaired it
and I had it back in a week. That one repair paid for the extra warranty.



I currently have a DVD player that I purchased at CC as an "open box" and I
bought the extended warrenty because it only had a 90 day factory labor
warrenty (90 days appears to be typical for DVD players). The open box
price plus the extra warrenty about equaled the full price for the player.



All that said, I agree with others here that extended warranties can be a
waste of money. I tend to look at each purchase and decide based on length
of factory warranty, cost of the product, cost of the extra warranty and my
guestimate of potential problems and the cost to repair.

 

I will never purchase any item that costs over $100 at Best Buy,
especially anything that might need a warranty.

The alleged extended warranty offered by Bestbuy is a complete scam. I
had to call the office of the Chief Operating Officer in order to get
some degree of satisfaction when they told me they no longer have this
type of warranty.

The promised "walk-in, no questions asked" scenario they describe when
they sell you the warranty no longer exists when one attempts to file a
claim. Even though I got the COO involved, it took them three days to
send me a replacement cell phone.

The Ohio Attorney General has filed suit against Bestbuy for similar
problems and I filed a complaint with the Texas Attorney General's
office over my situation. I encourage everyone who has had a similar
problem file a complaint with his state's Attorney General. It is the
only way buyers can put a stop to these deceptive practices.

Check out these links for more information:

http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/sto...-B684-5B38FB2B51AF}&siteid=google&dist=google

http://www.ag.state.oh.us/press_releases/2004/press_release_20040819.htm

 

I have trhe Circuit City extended warrenty on a few items. I use a
Palm Pilot quite a bit, and it is always kept in a hard case as well.
It got dropped one day as i slipped out of my pocket. Well, even
though it was in the hard case the glass got broken. I took it into
Circuit City and they replaced it on the spot for me. I paid $40 for
the two year warrenty, nd about a year after I purchased it I more
then saved the money with the replacement, as The T5 costed $399 then.

So personal i have never had a problem with theirs. Now there is some
things I wouldn't purchase it for, but something like my palm that I
use all the time and is always where I go, then yes I would.

Just my 2 cents worth.