CompUSA laptop warranty

I just picked up an Acer Aspire Dual Core laptop at CompUSA for a bargain $599 after rebates, and was offered a 2 year full service warranty for $140. I was told that I could only buy it at the time of purchase so I did, figuring that if I decided it wasn't worth it I could just "return" it. Is anyone familiar with Acer's warranty program? It doesn't seem very cost efficient to pay $140 for a warranty on a $600 product.

Here's an interesting article from PC World about the big business of extended warranties: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,12...s/article.html

I've seen lots of good warranty discussions here.

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

I've seen lots of good warranty discussions here.

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I believe it.

If everyone had that attitude, there'd be nothing on the Internet to Google. I prefer getting many kinds of information (technology, culture, etc.) from message boards because of the diversity of opinion and the collected knowledge/wisdom/experience of a group of enthusiasts, as opposed to one guy writing an article.

You're pretty much encouraging people to go to a different forum for answers they are looking for here, which makes this forum look like it's populated by "inbred" jackasses.

Believe that news.

But encouraging SpoDaddy to go to a different forum can only do good things for this forum.

Even if Yoshi's response made him sound like an inbred jackass, for such specialist information like what warranties are like for a certain company, he would probably be best going to a specialist site where there are lots of people, whereas here only a handful of people will know anything about Acer warranties.
For most of my computer information, I go to other forums where they specialise more.

I'm asking about retailer extended warranty's for laptops and personal experiences with them, not just Acer's warranty details (though personal experience with Acer is great too). As Nick said, I like getting a lot of opinions. I've already done a lot of googling on it (it's where I found that really good PC World article).

I do good things for your Mom Saint, tell her I said thanks for the laptop.

Nick just fucked Yoshi and diff in the ass.

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You're pretty much encouraging people to go to a different forum for answers they are looking for here, which makes this forum look like it's populated by "inbred" jackasses.

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It's not people. It's SpoDaddy. If we scare off his kind, we're better off.

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Originally Posted by Josh

Nick just fucked Yoshi and diff in the ass.

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Seriously. That may be the second or third time I've said "Dammmnn" to something said online.

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

It's not people. It's SpoDaddy. If we scare off his kind, we're better off.

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I don't think we are ever going to scare off Spo, at least not by annoying him. You give him too much entertainment to just up and leave.

Ignoring him until he gets bored enough to post somewhere else is probably your best bet. That or answer his questions quickly so he post as little as possible.

Oh and Spo, SoundOff is not the place for your laptop threads.