Comments on: New Poll: Do You Purchase Extended Warranties? http://cybernetnews.com/new-poll-do-you-purchase-extended-warranties/ Technology News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:45:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: me http://cybernetnews.com/new-poll-do-you-purchase-extended-warranties/comment-page-1/#comment-144828 me Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:07:22 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14360#comment-144828 :)it depends on what items..like it said above laptop or computer i will buy it..manufacture nowadays try to scam people...they put cheap parts inside and make it died so fast which made u to purchase faster so they won't lose $$ i like best buy since the cover world wide and what i need just to bring into the store..save me trouble to go thru phone calls (my cell mins will cost more). + they do FREE cleaning..hate to take things a part for computer esp i am a girl which hate take things apart ...but for small item like flash drive..they are like same cost..i will choose to 4get it..hmm..picture frame , cell, ipod..what i like the part is they won't check your product by just giving u a gift card :lol: i shop a lot at bb..i like their system :) it depends on what items..like it said above laptop or computer i will buy it..manufacture nowadays try to scam people…they put cheap parts inside and make it died so fast which made u to purchase faster so they won’t lose $$ i like best buy since the cover world wide and what i need just to bring into the store..save me trouble to go thru phone calls (my cell mins will cost more). + they do FREE cleaning..hate to take things a part for computer esp i am a girl which hate take things apart …but for small item like flash drive..they are like same cost..i will choose to 4get it..hmm..picture frame , cell, ipod..what i like the part is they won’t check your product by just giving u a gift card :lol: i shop a lot at bb..i like their system

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/new-poll-do-you-purchase-extended-warranties/comment-page-1/#comment-141648 Ryan Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:48:38 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14360#comment-141648 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-141611" rel="nofollow">mrcool10 wrote:</a><blockquote>Maybe you should have made two options: MS Office Legit and MS Office Pirated. That would have been more interesting. I run OO.</blockquote></div> That might be a good idea for a future poll. mrcool10 wrote:
Maybe you should have made two options: MS Office Legit and MS Office Pirated. That would have been more interesting. I run OO.

That might be a good idea for a future poll.

]]> By: Ashley http://cybernetnews.com/new-poll-do-you-purchase-extended-warranties/comment-page-1/#comment-141642 Ashley Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:05:48 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14360#comment-141642 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-141604" rel="nofollow">Carl wrote:</a><blockquote>Sometimes places like BB and Circuit City try to sell extended warranties on things like computer mice, and that’s just silly. Pay $14 for an extended warranty on a device that costs $35. </blockquote></div> I always get a laugh too when they try to sell the warranties for the smaller items- and they are always sure to point out how affordable it is! --- One of my friends buys the extended warranty for all of the electronics items that she buys. In one week alone last month, she dropped her cell-phone in water and her iPod quit working, and she got the replacements without hassle thanks to the extended warranty (both were through Circuit City) - but the interesting thing is that her replacements were refurbs. I guess I should have mentioned in the article that the first extended warranties we ever bought were through Apple when we bought our MacBook Pro's - because of the money invested, we thought AppleCare would be worth it. Carl wrote:
Sometimes places like BB and Circuit City try to sell extended warranties on things like computer mice, and that’s just silly. Pay $14 for an extended warranty on a device that costs $35.

I always get a laugh too when they try to sell the warranties for the smaller items- and they are always sure to point out how affordable it is!
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One of my friends buys the extended warranty for all of the electronics items that she buys. In one week alone last month, she dropped her cell-phone in water and her iPod quit working, and she got the replacements without hassle thanks to the extended warranty (both were through Circuit City) – but the interesting thing is that her replacements were refurbs.

I guess I should have mentioned in the article that the first extended warranties we ever bought were through Apple when we bought our MacBook Pro’s – because of the money invested, we thought AppleCare would be worth it.

]]> By: Veign http://cybernetnews.com/new-poll-do-you-purchase-extended-warranties/comment-page-1/#comment-141622 Veign Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:18:30 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14360#comment-141622 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-141599" rel="nofollow">Sumesh wrote:</a><blockquote>Voted. (voted No, obviously). Somebody tell me how to make those charts? :)</blockquote></div> Google provides an easy API for making pie charts: http://www.veign.com/blog/2007/12/simple-charts-in.html Sumesh wrote:
Voted. (voted No, obviously).

Somebody tell me how to make those charts? :)

Google provides an easy API for making pie charts:
[veign.com]

]]> By: Ward http://cybernetnews.com/new-poll-do-you-purchase-extended-warranties/comment-page-1/#comment-141615 Ward Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:59:45 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14360#comment-141615 I don't generally buy extended warranties. But I do pay more attemption to products which have an extended warranty included in the price. I'm happy to pay a little extra for 24 months warranty on expensive things like laptops or fragile and easily mislaid items like phones, PDAs, etc. A little extra means £10-20. No more. I don’t generally buy extended warranties. But I do pay more attemption to products which have an extended warranty included in the price. I’m happy to pay a little extra for 24 months warranty on expensive things like laptops or fragile and easily mislaid items like phones, PDAs, etc.

A little extra means £10-20. No more.

]]> By: mrcool10 http://cybernetnews.com/new-poll-do-you-purchase-extended-warranties/comment-page-1/#comment-141611 mrcool10 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:08:59 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14360#comment-141611 Maybe you should have made two options: MS Office Legit and MS Office Pirated. That would have been more interesting. I run OO. Maybe you should have made two options: MS Office Legit and MS Office Pirated. That would have been more interesting. I run OO.

]]> By: netster007x http://cybernetnews.com/new-poll-do-you-purchase-extended-warranties/comment-page-1/#comment-141607 netster007x Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:40:29 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14360#comment-141607 No way, if I had money I wanted to get rid of I'd get a higher end model! No way, if I had money I wanted to get rid of I’d get a higher end model!

]]> By: Carl http://cybernetnews.com/new-poll-do-you-purchase-extended-warranties/comment-page-1/#comment-141604 Carl Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:36:53 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14360#comment-141604 Sometimes... depends on the product, reliability of that kind of product over time, and how likely it is that I would be able to purchase a replacement if it broke. On something like a laptop, I buy it if it also includes accidental damage and because I probably wouldn't be able to afford a replacement in a short amount of time if it broke. Sometimes places like BB and Circuit City try to sell extended warranties on things like computer mice, and that's just silly. Pay $14 for an extended warranty on a device that costs $35. I have had a few instances where an extended warranty saved me when a device died. In one case, with a Nintendo Gamecube, Best Buy gave me a voucher for the full price I paid when I bought the console. Since it was a year and a half later when it broke, I took that voucher to the store, picked up a new Gamecube that came with a top tier game packed in, and still had almost $100 left over to spend on whatever I wanted in the store. Sometimes… depends on the product, reliability of that kind of product over time, and how likely it is that I would be able to purchase a replacement if it broke. On something like a laptop, I buy it if it also includes accidental damage and because I probably wouldn’t be able to afford a replacement in a short amount of time if it broke. Sometimes places like BB and Circuit City try to sell extended warranties on things like computer mice, and that’s just silly. Pay $14 for an extended warranty on a device that costs $35.

I have had a few instances where an extended warranty saved me when a device died. In one case, with a Nintendo Gamecube, Best Buy gave me a voucher for the full price I paid when I bought the console. Since it was a year and a half later when it broke, I took that voucher to the store, picked up a new Gamecube that came with a top tier game packed in, and still had almost $100 left over to spend on whatever I wanted in the store.

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/new-poll-do-you-purchase-extended-warranties/comment-page-1/#comment-141602 Ryan Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:11:56 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14360#comment-141602 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-141599" rel="nofollow">Sumesh wrote:</a><blockquote>Somebody tell me how to make those charts? :)</blockquote></div> That particular chart is provided by Poll Daddy, who are the ones that manage our polls. We just take a screenshot of it. :roll: Sumesh wrote:
Somebody tell me how to make those charts? :)

That particular chart is provided by Poll Daddy, who are the ones that manage our polls. We just take a screenshot of it. :roll:

]]> By: Sumesh http://cybernetnews.com/new-poll-do-you-purchase-extended-warranties/comment-page-1/#comment-141599 Sumesh Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:40:38 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=14360#comment-141599 Voted. (voted No, obviously). Somebody tell me how to make those charts? :) Voted. (voted No, obviously).

Somebody tell me how to make those charts? :)

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