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Do you buy the extended warranties that retailers offer on the purchase of new consoles?
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Do you buy the extended warranties that retailers offer on the purchase of new consoles?
Usually no, but lately I did get warranty on my PS2, and Cube, since I bought them at EB.
My Xbox came from Wallmart, so no warranty there.
Warranties are good on controllers though.
I've not bought warranty for anything... it hasn't bit me in the back yet.
Do Not!! I repeat, Do Not buy a warranty from GameStop!! I personaly haven't had much of a problem with them but here's their pollicy:
If you buy a warranty on a new console for one year, you buy the warranty for that console only! What I mean is, if you return your system for whatever reason your extended warranty ends right there. Say you buy a PS2 with the $20 1 year warranty and 3 months later it craps out on ya. There goes the other 9 months you paid for and the clerk will ask you "Would you like to buy an extended warranty on this new console?"
Well go screw yourself GameStop!
Yes. If I can pay 30 bucks to cover a system for 3 years, full exchange, no questions asked, you betcha. The Xbox has a hard drive. Hard drives are notorious for failing. I can pay MS $60 for a one year warranty with 4 week turn around time on replacement, or CompUsa $30 for 3 years and instant replacement. It's game insurance. :)
Same here. Oddly enough, I've never had a single problem with any Sony product I've ever bought. I must be lucky. :)Quote:
Originally posted by Tsubaki
I've not bought warranty for anything... it hasn't bit me in the back yet.
Oh, and to go back on topic...
I do buy a warranty on my systems if I can. I did for my PS2 and 6 months later I had to return it. My Gamecube lasted 11 months and back to GameStop it went. My Xbox, however, was bought for $110 used at a little game shop and no warrantys there but I'm not worried about it, the xbox is the only system I've had work perfectly so far (other than the N64).
i bought i warranty for my used saturn at EB, since the guy gave me 10 dollars off (he thought it was a genesis, so he gave me the genesis price), it was only 6 bucks for it...
but that's it...
I always buy the warranty, if I have the money to do so when I buy the system. Normally, I'll hold off on buying a system until I can afford the warranty. I'll probably buy one when I get an Xbox. I figure that $20-$30 is a drop in the bucket in the end, especially since, odds are, I'll use it at least once.
I bought one for the Xbox since you never know what kind of defects and problems a launch machine has. BUT as a general rule, store provided extended warranties are a rip off and totally not worth your money. (Which is why they push them so hard at the time of sale)...
I don't, the only console I've had problems with was one of my DCs, and Segas distrubitor screwed me royaly on that one, I'll never forgive those assholes.
I have never bought an extended warranty and never plan to. If the retail stores did not make a profit on them, they wouldn't offer them, thus, you are by definition losing money by buying one.
Some of you guys seem to have a LOT of problems. :( Personally I have never had any except for a GG that died many years after I got it.. and of course this wonky PS2 I just bought... but at least that is a problem right out of the box, which is a bit different since it has nowt to do with *extended* warranties.
But also you are taking a chance. What is $25-$35 now for a no- questions-asked-instant swap versus the possibility of having to pay $150-$200 dollars later?Quote:
Originally posted by Yoshi
I have never bought an extended warranty and never plan to. If the retail stores did not make a profit on them, they wouldn't offer them, thus, you are by definition losing money by buying one.
I agree with Yoshi on this one. I used to work at an electronics store. And if you are dumb enough to buy into them it's nothing more then pure profit that the stores simply pocket.
I really don't like to, but I have in the past. I bought one for my dreamcast, and it turned out to be a sound investment, as I loaned my system to a friend, and my nephew used a third party controller in it, fucking up the system.
It purely depends on the warranty policy. When I got a used PSX at EB, I picked one up and the policy was an instant exchange, and yes, I used it. When I worked at Best Buy, the way they worked on consoles was you had to ship them (on your dime) to a repair facility, and that was totally useless.
We don't sell consoles, but the "replacement plans" where I work now are nearly useless, we usually let our customers just come back and swap it at the store (against policy) or just give them the money back. It's only useful on computers, since it's on site service.
I do for PS2's and not usually for Nintendo consoles. My PSX caught on fire and I've never had a problem with a sega or Nintendo console so I don't feel the need. Sony seems to have a knack for making lower grade electronics so I buy the 3 year.
Nintendo is also the cheapest console as of late (Gamecube) so it won't break my bank.
:oQuote:
Originally posted by Andrew
My PSX caught on fire
:sweat:
Why are you yawning? It literally caught on fire. Actually, to be honest my brother friend wanted our old PS2 for 225 bucks, so I gave it to him and bought a brand new one. I had to tilt it on its side to play most games anyway, and it caught on fire with HIM. So it did catch on fire, nevertheless.
:o = Shock faceQuote:
Originally posted by Andrew
Why are you yawning?
Burning consoles is a shockingly bad thing to happen!
Extended Waranties are for suckers.
if your shit breaks, buy a new one, put the broken one in the new box, take the new box and receipt back to store. When they try tell you opened merchandise can only be exchanged for same item, argue that you don't want no peice o' crap product from X manufacturer, 'cause obviously they make junk (reference your returned item at this point).
Usually at this point they want you out of the store, and you'll at least get store credit.
You are mistaken.Quote:
Originally posted by sggg
:o = Shock face
:o = Cocksucker face.
Hmm, and I was just looking for the right post to say that. Guess the op doesn't present itself very often.Quote:
Originally posted by 88mph
You are mistaken.
:o = Cocksucker face.
I never have before, but I probably will the next time I buy a system. My Gamecube just crapped out on me 2 weeks ago and it was only a week and a half before the one year warranty it came with expired. I hadn't played it for a while, and it was just luck that I decided to buy Metroid Prime because I played it for two days and then the disk drive died.
Nintendo fixed it for free, even paid for the shipping, and I got it back within a week and a half( on the day that my warranty expired). That's the first time a system's ever died on me (not counting the first NES I had as a kid, since my sister and I are probably responsible for that).
Extended warranties are for suckers, but your plan is for crooks.Quote:
Originally posted by Core Boy
Extended Waranties are for suckers.
if your shit breaks, buy a new one, put the broken one in the new box, take the new box and receipt back to store. When they try tell you opened merchandise can only be exchanged for same item, argue that you don't want no peice o' crap product from X manufacturer, 'cause obviously they make junk (reference your returned item at this point).
Usually at this point they want you out of the store, and you'll at least get store credit.
how does :o = shock face?
:eek: is the shock face...
Because the actual ascii characters. :O is usually a shock/surprise face emoticon.Quote:
Originally posted by FirstBlood
how does :o = shock face?
:eek: is the shock face...
Here :o = http://the-nextlevel.com/board/images/icons/redface.gif
I don't know why. :p
umm what you dont know is that some stores such as EB and GameStop, scan the serial number on the system so people like you cant do what you just saidQuote:
Originally posted by Core Boy
Extended Waranties are for suckers.
if your shit breaks, buy a new one, put the broken one in the new box, take the new box and receipt back to store. When they try tell you opened merchandise can only be exchanged for same item, argue that you don't want no peice o' crap product from X manufacturer, 'cause obviously they make junk (reference your returned item at this point).
Usually at this point they want you out of the store, and you'll at least get store credit.
so yoshi, you rather pay another $150-200 for another system than $15-20 for a 1 year warranty?Quote:
Originally posted by Yoshi
Extended warranties are for suckers
not that i'm condoning this, but by switching the insides of a console (and thus returning the broken innards w/ the original shell of the console), the serial number will match up with the original.Quote:
Originally posted by bandit
umm what you dont know is that some stores such as EB and GameStop, scan the serial number on the system so people like you cant do what you just said
so yoshi, you rather pay another $150-200 for another system than $15-20 for a 1 year warranty?
so people like him can do what he just said.
there are security stickers on there, saying if this sticker is tampered with, warranty is void.Quote:
Originally posted by johnk_
not that i'm condoning this, but by switching the insides of a console (and thus returning the broken innards w/ the original shell of the console), the serial number will match up with the original.
so people like him can do what he just said.