INFOWORLD GRIPE LINE BY ED FOSTER Bookmark this page

  
Replying To:
2 Laptops in 4 yrs (none / 0) (#1)
by Anonymous User on Fri Jul 13, 2007 at 04:33:37 AM PDT

My girlfriend swears by those warranties from best buy. She's had 2 laptops replaced because of it. Essentially, she brought in the laptop, and on the fourth time they had to do something, they said go pick another laptop. They gave her store credit for the original purchase price (meaning no credit for tax and the warranty price). She's done this twice now in the past 4 years. As the article states, it is true that they do hold onto the laptop for about a month at least for each repair, regardless of what it is, and this is dastardly annoying. Also, she purchases the accidental protection plan (which is usually like $350), not the simple extended warranty. I'm not saying it's worth it (I just bought a thinkpad direct from Lenovo), but if you are buying a laptop from Best Buy, it is still something to consider.


Post Comment

You are not logged in. If you don't have a user account yet, by all means go make one! If you do have one, you can post as "yourself" by filling in your nickname and password below. Otherwise, your comment will be posted as Anonymous User.

Create Account
Nickname:
Password:

Post Comment: Post your comment below and then please answer the security question. I apologize for the inconvenience, but it does help deter spammers. -- Ed Foster
Subject:
Comment:

To post your comment, please answer the following security question:
 Which of the following is a dog?
Michigan, Yellow, Chihuahua, Tennessee, Montana, Isuzu
Allowed HTML: <A [HREF] [NAME]> <DT> <TT></TT> <OL></OL> <CITE></CITE> <CODE></CODE> <I></I> <UL></UL> <BR> <STRONG></STRONG> <BLOCKQUOTE [TYPE]></BLOCKQUOTE> <DD> <EM></EM> <P> <B></B> <LI> <DL></DL>
Menu
· create account
· faq
· search

Login
Make a new account
Username:
Password:

 HOME  NEWS  COLUMNS  BLOGS  PODCASTS  TECHNOLOGIES  TEST CENTER  EVENTS  CAREERS  IT EXEC-CONNECT   About Awards Contact Us 

Copyright © 2006, Reprints, Permissions, Licensing, IDG Network, Privacy Policy.
All Rights reserved. InfoWorld is a leading publisher of technology information and product reviews on topics including viruses,
phishing, worms, firewalls, security, servers, storage, networking, wireless, databases, and web services.

 ComputerWorld :: LinuxWorld :: Network World :: CIO :: PC World :: Darwin :: CMO :: CSO
IT Careers :: JavaWorld :: Macworld :: Mac Central :: Playlist :: GamePro :: GameStar :: Gamerhelp
ITWorld Canada :: Computerwoche :: Techworld UK :: tecChannel :: IDG.se :: IDG.no :: IDG.pl

create account | faq | search