Third party computer warrantys..

thebyp

It would appear buying a PC with a warranty is becoming quite diffulcult unless your prepared to par a fortune.

Always on the lookout to save some cash, does anybody know of third party providers that you can get them from?

Thanks,

Benjamin

anewman

Warranty's won't cover lots of problems I would have thought too, like data loss or software problems. Best without any kind of warranty and getting at least a reasonably respected brand I'd say.

ormus

when you can buy base units for less than 200 quid why have a warranty?
just remember that warranties are to make a profit for the seller.
and the profits are very nice too.
dixons used to make 57% profit out of theirs, far more than the items they were selling!
(we have to assume that all retailers make a similar amount)
hence the hard sell on warranties.

superscaper

As mentioned before, what would the warranty actually give you? In most cases nothing that you aren't entitled to already just by merely buying the PC.

Little_John

Ohh a 2 years extended warrenty don't forget the first year is free anyway and your covered under the sales of goods act for up to 6 years that anything sold should be of satisfactory quality.

And the fact that most of the componenets in a PC cost very little is it really worth spending the extra on a warrenty that you may never use just incase? if a hard drive goes buy a new one for £40, if you buy a branded pc they seem a little more sturdy and less likley to fail anyway the problems come when you buy cheap built by a local shop PC where they make use of cheaper componenets like Asrock motherboards, poor quality cooling fans of the CPU and cheap power supplies. buy decent kit and you will be fine. I have a PC that is over 10 years old and still works becasue everything in it was high quality.

spakkker

I agree with the above replies. What i'd like to spell out is that many pc components are guarranteed for more than one year. Intel cpu's-3 yrs.h/drive can be upto 5 yrs. m/boards 2 or 3 yrs is common.Memory can easily be a lifetime warranty. I just got some lifetime g/tee memory £17 a 1GB.

ormus

another matter is that the warranties are usually a pain to claim off.
very few warranties are no quibble, such as at say john lewis stores.
ask peeps experiences with pcworld comet etc. (the list is endless) and you will see what a complete waste of time 99% of warranties are.

bookduck

My mate who worked at PcW???? always immediately made photo copies of his purchase receipts, because they fade within a few months and you can prove nothing.

ormus

one reason to always pay for large value items such as puters, with a CC.
btw, you dont actually need a receipt. you only need to prove that you bought it from them.
a witness can be enough proof.