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About 5-6 years ago I bought a digital camera, top of the line type one, cost me a pretty penny. I, out of stupidity, got the store 4-year warranty for an extra $80. I bought the camera 4 days before Thanksgiving so that I could take pics of the upcoming holidays.
2 days later wifey tried putting in the memory card the wrong way and broke a pin in the camera, making it inoperable. I took it back and they told me that I would have to send it back to the manufacturer to have repaired and would take 2-3 months. Thus, I would not have a camera for the holidays.
I informed them that I had purchased the store warranty, and they promptly replaced the camera. Having the camera for the holidays was well worth the $80 bucks.
A year later, about 4 years ago, I bought a DVD home entertainment center with all the speakers, receiver, etc... We moved into our house in San Jose which was undergoing construction and there was lots of dust. About a year or so ago the player stopped working. It was unable to go through a whole movie without skipping or pausing in such a manner that it was impossible to watch the movie. Wifey was going through old receipts and found that we had also bought the store warranty on this item. We took it back last Friday, the tried to fix it, and last night told us that they would replace it.
We went in today and got the most top of the line DVD player available, for free! It is much better than the one is broke, and they even let me keep the speakers of the old player. this new one has wireless speakers, ipod ready, everything! I am stoked.
Anyway, needless to say, we spent the $40 for the 4-year in store warranty.
Let me just say, that Best Buy may cost a little more, and the store warranties may seem like crap, but I love them and will never not buy one. Seeing as 2 out of 3 electronic items I buy seems to break with in 4 years... and I can just upgrade those when they do, for the cost of a little foresight.
2 days later wifey tried putting in the memory card the wrong way and broke a pin in the camera, making it inoperable. I took it back and they told me that I would have to send it back to the manufacturer to have repaired and would take 2-3 months. Thus, I would not have a camera for the holidays.
I informed them that I had purchased the store warranty, and they promptly replaced the camera. Having the camera for the holidays was well worth the $80 bucks.
A year later, about 4 years ago, I bought a DVD home entertainment center with all the speakers, receiver, etc... We moved into our house in San Jose which was undergoing construction and there was lots of dust. About a year or so ago the player stopped working. It was unable to go through a whole movie without skipping or pausing in such a manner that it was impossible to watch the movie. Wifey was going through old receipts and found that we had also bought the store warranty on this item. We took it back last Friday, the tried to fix it, and last night told us that they would replace it.
We went in today and got the most top of the line DVD player available, for free! It is much better than the one is broke, and they even let me keep the speakers of the old player. this new one has wireless speakers, ipod ready, everything! I am stoked.
Anyway, needless to say, we spent the $40 for the 4-year in store warranty.
Let me just say, that Best Buy may cost a little more, and the store warranties may seem like crap, but I love them and will never not buy one. Seeing as 2 out of 3 electronic items I buy seems to break with in 4 years... and I can just upgrade those when they do, for the cost of a little foresight.
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