Is it worth buying extended warranty for PS3?

irish_eyes_3

Hi

My PS3 year's warranty finished last August- In July it broke with a common complaint (got stuck with the flashing orange lights and would never start up) and Sony replaced it.

However a work colleague's has had the same thing happen a month out of warranty- his choice is to send it to Sony to repair for £199 or buy a brand new one for £250+ (?) (both of ours are the original 60gb ones which are no longer available).

Is it worth buying an extended warranty - or is it covered by the sale of goods act for 6 years?
I bought it from amazon

Thanks

superscaper

Everything is covered by the Sale of Goods Act. Whether it's useful or not depends on the individual circumstances. Your work colleague would definitely have been entitled to have it repaired for free by the retailer he bought it off (just 13 months I presume is definitely less than "reasonable time" in SOGA by anyone's definition for a PS3). Unless the extended warranty covers accidental damage (but then how's that different from insurance, possible already covered by house insurance) I don't see any advantage to it at all. In fact the money they cost if you simply saved it would actually go to buying better hardware replacements anyway by the time you couldn't do anything with SOGA.

sstevenson10

It is most definatly worth buying the extended warranty as in the long run it provides you with piece of mind of your purchase and ensures you don't have to pay hefty repair fee's such as the ones your currently faced with.

no claims discount also offer a helpful matter on such events and is definatly worth a look;

http://www.noclaimsdiscount.co.uk/news/art_display.php?show=200902031

hope this helps.

malcolmcoles

sstevenson10 wrote: »

It is most definatly worth buying the extended warranty as in the long run it provides you with piece of mind of your purchase and ensures you don't have to pay hefty repair fee's such as the ones your currently faced with.

Oh, please. It's most definitely worth NOT buying it. Over your lifetime, you'll buy loads of electrical products. Instead of buying the warranties each time, put the money in an account to cover breakdowns of electrical goods. Once you've got enough in there, you can spend the money you would otherwise have spent on warranties.

Insurance should be there to cover catasrophic loss - your life, house, ability to work. All warranties are are a way to spread the cost of paying for repairs, and paying through the nose for the privelege. Avoid them.

And relax ..

gaming_guy

malcolmcoles wrote: »

Oh, please. It's most definitely worth NOT buying it. Over your lifetime, you'll buy loads of electrical products. Instead of buying the warranties each time, put the money in an account to cover breakdowns of electrical goods. Once you've got enough in there, you can spend the money you would otherwise have spent on warranties.

Insurance should be there to cover catasrophic loss - your life, house, ability to work. All warranties are are a way to spread the cost of paying for repairs, and paying through the nose for the privelege. Avoid them.

And relax ..

would you want to loose a (rarish?) 60gb ps3 that had the production chopped ages ago?

geewhiz

gaming_guy wrote: »

would you want to loose a (rarish?) 60gb ps3 that had the production chopped ages ago?

Surely though, if it's that rare and can't be fixed, no amount of insurance policy will be able to replace it with the same version ?

gaming_guy

geewhiz wrote: »

Surely though, if it's that rare and can't be fixed, no amount of insurance policy will be able to replace it with the same version ?

sony swap 60gb models for refurb 60gb ps3s

GunJack

push for it done under SOGA......13 months for a console is crap...our original 60GB is around 2.75 yrs old now, still operates perfectly...

aliEnRIK

GunJack wrote: »

push for it done under SOGA......13 months for a console is crap...our original 60GB is around 2.75 yrs old now, still operates perfectly...

Surely you mean 1 and 3/4 Jack?
It only came out March 2007 didnt it?

And ditto, mine still works fine (Though I did upgrade the hardrive within the first few months)

GunJack

..yeah, could have been, but was only couple of months after they came out....got ours in the May as it was for the kid's joint birthday pressie...was it really only 2007 ???.....so used to having it, it feels like longer


p.s and I finished Clive Barker's Jericho last night on it :j

aliEnRIK

Got mine in May too (Once id scrambled some dosh together )