Sunday, August 06, 2006
Let's hear it for...extended warranties!
About 3 weeks ago I turned on my CD player to listen to a little music at bedtime. Expecting to hear the dulcet tones of Don Henley, I was quite displeased to hear "bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" instead. WTF??? Okay, maybe it's the CD. Let's try another one "bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" again. After trying all 5 CDs in the changer (I'm nothing if not persistant) and getting only "bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" on all of them, I finally come to the conclusion the damn thing's busted. CRAP! So, after being totally pissy, I decided to check my warranty just to see how screwed I was. Well, what do ya know! Seems I actually bought an extended product replacement warranty! And, wonder of wonders, it doesn't expire for 2 more weeks. Woo hoo! So after getting on the Best Buy website and getting the return authorization, I boxed that bad boy up and took it to the post office (postage was prepaid too!), then sat back and impatiently awaited my replacement voucher. Really, the whole process was quite painless. It took about two weeks to get the voucher (actually a Best Buy gift card for $104.98) and I was off to Best Buy to get another player. They didn't have one exactly like the previous one but I did find one I liked. This one still has AM/FM radio, casette player and 5 CD changer but is about half the size of the monster one I had. It was a little more expensive and with the extended warranty, it cost me about $60.00. Not too bad really. I'm just tickled pink to have my music back!
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Well, extended warranties are only good when they are needed. In this case, radios and those things that used to cost an arm and leg are now cheaper than a 50# bag of dirt at Wal-Mart.
Well, you never know when you will need one. In my case, I couldn't have paid $140.00 for a new player. The $60.00 put a dent in my funds as it was! So, I was glad I did buy the warranty. Same thing with the tires on my car. Bought 'em about 16 months ago, with the road hazard warranty, week before last I ran over a nail and the tire company gave me a new tire (retailed at $68.00) that just cost me $15.00. So, I'm well pleased with my warranties.
"Well, extended warranties are only good when they are needed."
profound...simply profound.
you sir are something special.
Thanks for the compliment MD. I don't usually buy the warranties either. Just got lucky this time! Thanks for stopping by.
I know how you felt. I set off for a 10-hour roadtrip to Alabama and found out that my CD player in the car wouldn't play my MP3's and more! I had burned some pretty good CD's with some 80's rock, some southern rock, and some bluegrass. Talk about a long car ride.
Oh yeah, that's gotta suck big time!
Hey Nice Blog!! Keep it up
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