Bosch fridge freezer extended warranty

borntobemild

We've just got a new fridge freezer, 2 year warranty.  For £99 one-off we can extend that for a further 3 years.

I've always considered extended warranties to be a waste of money - but we've had such a rubbish time with our old fridge freezer, and this seems like a reasonable price.

What do others think?  Worth it or not?

grumbler

borntobemild said:

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I've always considered extended warranties to be a waste of money

I think the same.

And who provides the extra warranty? What are the T&C? Pretty often they just pay you the 'residual' cost of the appliance if they find it 'beyond economical repair'. And this cost is often ridiculously small.

ashe

We had an lg American fridge freezer and it had issues which they sorted but washed their hands of after the 2 year warranty expired 

we ended up making a claim under consumer law, they offered us £100, we rejected, they required an engineer report. We got one, they ended up refunding us about £950 of the £1200 purchase price. We got a Samsung one with a 5 year warranty in the end 

£99 is £4 a month so have a lol at what other cover you can get the may cover a few appliances and weigh it up, otherwise you could go down the same route as us but it wasn't without chew and for £99 may be worth the peace of mind 

macman

Completely unnecessary: modern white goods are very reliable, and Bosch is a decent mid-range brand.
If this is a retailer driven offer from DSG/D&G, then you can usually buy it direct for half the price, so if you really want it, buy it direct in 2 years time for maybe £50.
DSG make more profit from inflated-price extended warranties than they do from sales.

borntobemild

Thanks all.  I think I'm just worried because our last one was so poor.

The warranty offer is from Bosch themselves, which is why I was considering it.  But it's true they're a decent brand, and I may well be able to buy it once the 2 year one is up.  And I've no idea what the t&c are, which is a crazy way to buy anything.

So I reckon I'll leave it.  Once again, thank you all.

macman

It won't be from Bosch, they're just fronting it, same way that DSG would.

diystarter7

macman said:

It won't be from Bosch, they're just fronting it, same way that DSG would.

Some of them come with the option of a 5 year warranty from Bosch and a few cheaper ends F/freezers come with the option to extend to 5 yrs. Yes, we changed ours a few months ago and bought it as its a decent brand and 5 year warranty the one we bought was standard.

OP - we take out warranties on everything - did not need to action the 5yr warranty on a flagship Sony tv bought 8/9 years ago broke down recently and we changed ot OLED and got a free 5 year warranty on the sony 75 inches 

washing maches everyone we have had broken down twice within 5 years and we look after our dtuff

We made a mistake years ago not taking out a 5 yr warranty on a condenser drier it broke down after three years we got a new one with 5 year warranty.

We get a warranty for a peace of mind  - so go for the 99 quid and hope you never have a problem but the assurance should it go wrong within 5 years, you won't get turned over by a  cowboy repair person

Thanks and enjoy your weekend

ashe

macman said:

It won't be from Bosch, they're just fronting it, same way that DSG would.

The amount of times we has to get our Bosch dishwasher serviced by them says otherwise. 

I don't like to pay for extended warranties so now I tend to go with products that come with at least 3 years and preferably 5 years; for TV's etc I go richer sounds with 6 years. This has served me well as had numerous free repairs of goods and like DIY above, we take care of our goods. I have little faith in longevity of consumer goods these days, and when we took a risk on the 2 years on the LG fridge we nearly got burned 

Ganga

ashe said:

macman said:

It won't be from Bosch, they're just fronting it, same way that DSG would.

The amount of times we has to get our Bosch dishwasher serviced by them says otherwise. 

I don't like to pay for extended warranties so now I tend to go with products that come with at least 3 years and preferably 5 years; for TV's etc I go richer sounds with 6 years. This has served me well as had numerous free repairs of goods and like DIY above, we take care of our goods. I have little faith in longevity of consumer goods these days, and when we took a risk on the 2 years on the LG fridge we nearly got burned 

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