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by Anonymous User on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 06:09:00 AM PDT

Sorry to disagree with Bah, Humbug, but we got an extended warranty on our 65" rear-projection TV when we got it about 5 years ago. Over a year after purchase we started having some major video problems. The repair man came out, fixed the problem (a broken wire), cleaned the insides and hasn't given us any problems since. Also, my wife got a new HP laptop from Frys Electronics, with extended warranty. Had some problems with it after a couple months so back to the store, got a loaner (with that god-awful MicroSloth Vista on it, but that's a different matter) and after a couple weeks, it came back good as new. We always purchase the extended warranties when the cost of the item is much above $600-800. We also don't pay excessive amounts for the warranty. Bottom line... Extended warranties worked for us.

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