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by jabba17 on Tue Apr 10, 2007 at 06:51:01 PM PDT

99% of the time an extended warranty is a POS. The only time I would buy one is if I was buying a TV with a bulb in it (DLP, etc.), the warranty covered the bulb, and the warranty cost less than the bulb.

I bought a VCR at Costco for $79. Toshiba (the manufacturer) actually had a form in the box to buy an extended warranty for $79.99. ROFLMAO!

Anyone wanna bet that the GE extended warranty has an arbitration clause in it?

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Lamp not covered[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#18)
by Anonymous User on Wed Sep 03, 2008 at 08:53:24 AM PDT

Beware! I bought an extended warranty from GE (via Good Guys) for my LCD projection TV specifically because the salesperson assured me that it would cover the lamp and in-home cleanings once per year. When my lamp went out, I tried to have it replaced and GE claims that the lamp in a projection TV is NOT covered!

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