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When has an extra cost extended warranty actually worked out for you? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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For me it was when I last bought a new car like 12 years ago when Chrysler was still doing lifetime extended warranties. It was like an extra 4k and a couple people said I was foolish for it, "just learn to fix it yourself blah blah blah".

In the 12 years since, I've had an estimated $15k worth of work on it, to include a full transmission rebuild at a whopping out of pocket cost of just a couple hundred bucks (it's like a $50 deductible each time or something).

I've gotten my money's worth many times over IMO, and it even saved my ass during a long road trip once.

Ofc it was actually good, so Chrysler stopped doing new ones lmao

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[–] Brown5500@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not an answer to your question, but years ago I used to work at best buy. My employee discount was 5% over cost. I could purchase their $200 service plan on an appliance for about $15. With the discount, definitely worth it.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Honestly, Best Buy's service plans are slept on. I had to use them for a couple TVs that both started failing a few months after the manufacturer warranty ended. Ended up getting a free upgrade on both units because they stopped making that particular model (I wonder why) so they replaced both TVs with a slightly bigger display.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I bet it was the backlight, they always cheap out on the LED backlight strips on those cheap TVs. Easy, but delicate fix (you have to basically teardown the entire TV, panel, light filters everything)

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 1 points 4 days ago

Yup! One of them had a backlight issue, where the bottom third of the screen was dim. The other one had a speaker go out. Last time I buy Insignia.