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HeatherRose
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Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
do you buy the stores extended warranty?
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Posted 8/18/10 11:46 AM  |
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
My husband worked at Bestbuy when we were first dating , he said to never take them, its just a way for the stores to make more money on nothing. HTH
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| Posted 8/18/10 11:50 AM |
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HeatherRose
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
Posted by SchizoBride09
My husband worked at Bestbuy when we were first dating , he said to never take them, its just a way for the stores to make more money on nothing. HTH
thanks! I figure the first 2 or 3 years the TV shouldn't break and I am buying a good brand- LG
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| Posted 8/18/10 12:06 PM |
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MrsRitaB
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
nope we never have
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| Posted 8/18/10 1:14 PM |
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VickiC
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
Posted by MrsRitaB
nope we never have
Us too. We never buy the extended warranty for anything.
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| Posted 8/18/10 1:15 PM |
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ThreeCats
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
we did on a certain tv because the bulb needed to be replaced (I think it was a DLP) so the warranty covered the cost of the bulb, we had it replaced once a year.
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| Posted 8/18/10 1:19 PM |
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
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Posted by SchizoBride09
My husband worked at Bestbuy when we were first dating , he said to never take them, its just a way for the stores to make more money on nothing. HTH
thanks! I figure the first 2 or 3 years the TV shouldn't break and I am buying a good brand- LG
Exactly :) Happy shopping!
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| Posted 8/18/10 1:41 PM |
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PumpkinGirl
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
We don't, but had our 50 inch crap out after 1 year. It was a MAJOR hassle getting it fixed/replaced. So we wish we had on that one..
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| Posted 8/18/10 1:52 PM |
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HeatherRose
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
Posted by PumpkinGirl
We don't, but had our 50 inch crap out after 1 year. It was a MAJOR hassle getting it fixed/replaced. So we wish we had on that one..
Uhoo, that's the size I'm going to be buying. what brand was it? and where did you buy it from?
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LSP2005
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
When we purchased our first LCD flat screen 5 years ago we did because the technology was so new. We ended up having them come out to look at and fix something so for us it was worth it. I think with the newer tvs no, I would not do it now.
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| Posted 8/18/10 3:26 PM |
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Blu-ize
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
Nope..our two Sony Bravias are still kicking and it's way past the extended warranty period.
A waste of moolah.
I had one on my grill but most warranties don't cover antyhing.
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| Posted 8/18/10 3:45 PM |
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bicosi
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
nope, i never do..
1) it is usually a waster because nothing usually happens to the tv within that time frame
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2) technology is constantly changing and once it does conk out, I'll just go out and buy a better one..
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| Posted 8/18/10 3:50 PM |
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Jenn627
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
I always do - my parents had to use it numerous times on TVs.
I know it's a waste but PC Richards was always great about repairing my parent's TVs when they crapped out.
I also plan on keeping our TVs for quite a few years.
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| Posted 8/18/10 4:09 PM |
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Pray4Baby2010
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
if you have an amex card they double the warranty on any electronics!
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| Posted 8/18/10 4:33 PM |
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Cpt2007
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
Nope. Never have. We buy samsungs, and have never had a problem with them.
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| Posted 8/18/10 4:46 PM |
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HeatherRose
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
Posted by Pray4Baby2010
if you have an amex card they double the warranty on any electronics!
OMG I never knew this!! do you go through Amex then for the warranty?
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| Posted 8/18/10 6:11 PM |
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smdl
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
Just beware that most warranties do not cover accidental damage like a kid throwing a toy at the TV and breaks it. Best Buy warranty does not cover it!!!!
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| Posted 8/18/10 6:13 PM |
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HeatherRose
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
Posted by smdl
Just beware that most warranties do not cover accidental damage like a kid throwing a toy at the TV and breaks it. Best Buy warranty does not cover it!!!!
I would never expect it too, I always thought a warranty covers only against manufature defects and issues
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| Posted 8/18/10 6:17 PM |
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
Posted by Pray4Baby2010
if you have an amex card they double the warranty on any electronics!
they used to double. I believe they extend by 6 mos now.
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| Posted 8/18/10 6:23 PM |
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Mrs213
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
Absolutely, I by accident broke the screen on my LCD and best buy gave us a brand new one - best part of all was it an older model so prices had gone down so much we got one much bigger
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Mrs213
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
Posted by smdl
Just beware that most warranties do not cover accidental damage like a kid throwing a toy at the TV and breaks it. Best Buy warranty does not cover it!!!!
Not true - this is what happened to us and we got a new one!!
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| Posted 8/19/10 11:31 PM |
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HeatherRose
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
thanks Everyone! I bought the tv and I didn't get one
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Janice
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
samsungs are such lemons!
we did not buy warranty...1 yr and 3 weeks later TV broke.
I called samsung and told them they better stand behind their product. They extended my warranty for a one time courtesy.
big time issues with lcd
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| Posted 8/20/10 1:45 PM |
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HeatherRose
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
Posted by Janice
samsungs are such lemons!
we did not buy warranty...1 yr and 3 weeks later TV broke.
I called samsung and told them they better stand behind their product. They extended my warranty for a one time courtesy.
big time issues with lcd
thank you. I was actually considering a 50" and the reviews were slightly better for picture but not sound vs the LG model so that's the one I got. DH really wanted the LG one and since it will be a huge surprise I didn't want to dissapoint him. the only other thing is I got Plasma because DH really wanted that over LCD. I actually wanted to get the LED but for that size its $$$$$ and after a little time it will drop like everything else. thanks again for that link!
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jerseypanda
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Re: Buying a New TV do you buy an extended warranty?
DH always buys the extended warranties.
We bought a 52 inch TV when we first bought our house and after 2 months there were about 5 pixels that went out. I know it doesn't seem like a big deal, but once you see that they are out, all you can do is stare at them! 
Called the manufacturer who told DH that the number of pixels that were out was "acceptable" to them and they didn't have to replace or fix it. Let me tell you, DH was pi$sed because he just spent a ton on this TV and in 2 months pixels were already going out.
Since he had the extended warranty, he contacted the place he bought it from and they arranged for the TV to be replaced. So for us, it really worked having it.
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