Warranty

This is just a question in general, but I plan on getting Acer, so I thought I would post here.

Or, Maybe it should be moved to the other " What should I buy section? "

Do I need to buy a extended warrenty, The place I am buying it from comes with a 1 year, and I heard if I buy it with Visa it gives me a extra 1 year warrenty.

So, If everything works right, thats a 2 year warrenty, and its all good, has i only plan on needing this laptop for 2 - 3 years anyway.

Or, Is the extended warrenty a must because without it, nobody will really do nothing... and it will be sent off to Acer for months, or weeks...

Comments?

Edit: I also just read some of the notebook warrenty page, And I got some more gripe on it.

 

Do I need to buy a extended warrenty, The place I am buying it from comes with a 1 year, and I heard if I buy it with Visa it gives me a extra 1 year warrenty.

So, If everything works right, thats a 2 year warrenty, and its all good, has i only plan on needing this laptop for 2 - 3 years anyway.

Or, Is the extended warrenty a must because without it, nobody will really do nothing... and it will be sent off to Acer for months, or weeks...

Comments?

Also, I cant have it break within these 2-3 years and not getting anything done. (Unless it is my own fault, where I will take the fault) But if its not my fault, I want it to be fixed.

 

Check out the Warranty Guide for some answers to your question, I think a 2-year warranty is very comfortable, Visa and Amex both offer a 1-year warranty extension if you buy the laptop on their cards.

(Note: I merged your two posts as we need to keep the same question in one place so others can see the previous responses more easily and respond accordingly)

 

Thanks man, Thanks for the meging, should make it better. Thanks.

I am going to go ask the store I am buying the laptop from about the basic 1 year warrent offers, and if its the same as the year (Besides the amount of time it lasts)

And, then with the added 1 year from Visa or Mastercard (Only 2 cards I can use (I know I can only use one lol)) I got to know how that really works. If anyone knows a bit better, or knows a site telling how it'd be better.

I think 2 years is enough.

BTW: I plan on carrying it around the house mainly, maybe anywhere from 5 to 10 trips a year.

and then to my grandmothers house from time to time (She lives 30 minutes away from where I am)

 

I almost always go for the 3 year warranty just because I don't want to buy a new laptop in the next 3 years from when I buy a laptop.

So far my Acer has been great in this regard, no repairs yet (getting towards owning it for a year)

The biggest thing I would say is that Laptops have almost everything on the motherboard, and as such if something goes wrong, it can effect the entire laptop, even if it's something you don't use (for example: On a prior laptop my modem broke, now I didn't use the modem, however it breaking caused the entire motherboard to stop working, which mean't that I had to get a new motherboard! And those puppies are NOT cheap).

 

I see.

The only thing is, I can get 1 year (as it is standard) maybe 2 years because of buying it with credit card, but getting 3 (or it'd be 4 because 3+1=4, lol) is out of my budget.

So, I think I will have to settle for 2 years, but is it really needed, and is 3-4 years REALLY NEEDED?

ps: I ment to type that in big letters, haha.

 

Define really needed?

It's insurance, plain and simple, I get it because I've had a notebook break about a year and a bit into it's life, and it cost me about $650 to get it fixed (new mainboard) so the $200 or so to get an extra 2 years of warranty is a no-brainer.

However, hopefully my current Laptop will require no fixing before it's 3 years of life are up, in which case I'll be pleasantly surprised, but I'm not banking on it.

 

Ok, I understand.

Well, It will take out of my budget big time...
But, Either way, since its going on a credit card, I am pretty sure I'll get it, and its gonna take about a year to pay it off, but I'd say it will be worth it.