Shall I buy this Acer 3-year warranty for my new 5742Z laptop?

MarkBargain

I have just ordered an Acer 5742Z laptop (for £229.99 from Ebuyer on Ebay) and given laptop failure rates I thought extending the warranty from 1 to 3 years could be a good idea. Ebay item 130521650842 covers both a 3 year warranty and accidental damage and it only costs £31.99, which seems good to me. Can anyone confirm this is the warranty I need for the laptop? Does anyone have experience of Acer warranties that is worth sharing? Any comments welcome before I click the "Buy it now" button!

stilltheone

MarkBargain wrote: »

I have just ordered an Acer 5742Z laptop (for £229.99 from Ebuyer on Ebay) and given laptop failure rates I thought extending the warranty from 1 to 3 years could be a good idea. Ebay item 130521650842 covers both a 3 year warranty and accidental damage and it only costs £31.99, which seems good to me. Can anyone confirm this is the warranty I need for the laptop? Does anyone have experience of Acer warranties that is worth sharing? Any comments welcome before I click the "Buy it now" button!

Seems a bargain to me too.

Be aware that there is an excess payable for screen damage.

* Accidental damage to the screen will require a 100 Euro plus VAT excess charge. This does not affect faulty screens.

A quoted five day repair, so not bad at all.

vax2002

Is the warranty with the manufacturer or the seller, who can vanish with the extra cash ?
And if you buy one from a EU seller you get 3 years by law, old Tony Blair used his only Veto to opt UK out of the 3 year warranty scheme, at the time the Labour party were taking very large donations from the owners of Master care warranty.

MarkBargain

stilltheone wrote: »

Seems a bargain to me too.

Be aware that there is an excess payable for screen damage.



A quoted five day repair, so not bad at all.

Thanks for this. Accidental damage is a bonus really, as I would think (hope) that my house insurance would cover this anyway.

MarkBargain

vax2002 wrote: »

Is the warranty with the manufacturer or the seller, who can vanish with the extra cash ?
And if you buy one from a EU seller you get 3 years by law, old Tony Blair used his only Veto to opt UK out of the 3 year warranty scheme, at the time the Labour party were taking very large donations from the owners of Master care warranty.

It's with Acer, the manufacturer.

I know about the Sale of Goods act, see my other thread about my faulty HP laptop where Currys want £50 to assess it!

wantnomoneyworries

Did you buy the warranty - just ordered this laptop for my sons birthday - He is going to uni in September (hopefully!) and will be there for 3 years,
so it seems like a good idea?

stilltheone

greenyj wrote: »

Did you buy the warranty - just ordered this laptop for my sons birthday - He is going to uni in September (hopefully!) and will be there for 3 years,
so it seems like a good idea?

You haven't bought it yet??

MarkBargain

stilltheone wrote: »

You haven't bought it yet??

I haven't bought it yet as I thought I'd wait for the laptop to be delivered first and the warranty can be registered within the first 90 days of ownership to get full benefit.

According to http://smidgenpc.com/2010/05/07/laptop-reliability-ratings-which-laptop-is-really-most-reliable/ there is a 23.3% chance of an Acer laptop getting a fault in the first three years, so for the sake of £31.99 I'd say buying a warranty is money well spent.

Esqui

vax2002 wrote: »

And if you buy one from a EU seller you get 3 years by law, old Tony Blair used his only Veto to opt UK out of the 3 year warranty scheme, at the time the Labour party were taking very large donations from the owners of Master care warranty.

Wait...what?

This is the best crazy EU law post ever

stilltheone

MarkBargain wrote: »

I haven't bought it yet as I thought I'd wait for the laptop to be delivered first and the warranty can be registered within the first 90 days of ownership to get full benefit.

According to http://smidgenpc.com/2010/05/07/laptop-reliability-ratings-which-laptop-is-really-most-reliable/ there is a 23.3% chance of an Acer laptop getting a fault in the first three years, so for the sake of £31.99 I'd say buying a warranty is money well spent.

Let's just hope that 15 people don't act before you.

asbokid

vax2002 wrote: »

Is the warranty with the manufacturer or the seller, who can vanish with the extra cash ?

We should be okay buying from an ebay seller, but as you warn, it could be tricky if you buy a warranty underwritten by a retailer who's on the brink of closure, like Currys or Comet.