Extended warranty's?

[Brad Wilson]

Andrew Sitzer wrote:

> I cant believe I am asking this, as I always though extended warranties
> were for suckers.

My friend kicks himself every time he thinks about not buying the extended
warranty on his car. He had some decently expensive work go wrong about 4 or
5 days after his eligibility to buy the warranty expired. :(

Extended warranties on electronics are, IMO, a sucker's bet. Consumer
electronics by and large will fail nearly immediately (<1 year) or last
nearly forever. I don't put cars in that category, though. I can easily
imagine $1200 worth of work needing to be done to nearly ANY car over a
period of 7 years, even if it was all small work. IMO, this seems like
something you should seriously consider. (Besides, when small things go on a
non-warrantied car, we'd tend to just let them go and live with there, where
if I had a warranty, I'd make sure the car stayed in 110% shape).

Best regards,
Brad

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