People That Buy New.... (Warranty)

[40Hz]

True in general but my experience with laptops in the last 10 years has been that they tend to fry their brains or General Failure (whoever he is) reads the hard drive within 5 days of the warranty expiring. Planned obsolescence stinks.

Problem with laptops is tgey run hot because they’re not adequately cooled. But people want slim and silent and light, and battery life - so proper heat sinking, heat circulating airspace, and fans go the way of the dodo. Coupled with the overall drop in the reliability of hard drives and using cheap drives (to keep prices down) and disk failure is inevitable.

But I see that as poor engineering rather than planned obsolescence. They can get that without getting their hands dirty courtesy of the OS publishers who continually up the the CPU speed and RAM requirements on new versions of their OS. Plausible deniability anyone?

 

[MordBass]

I worked in sales for years and can tell you the absolute fact of extended warranties.
If the math were in your favor... they wouldnt be offering it.

Additionally, if you arent comfortable buying without a warranty... you might not be buying the right stuff.

 

[RickyWoo]

I worked in sales for years and can tell you the absolute fact of extended warranties.
If the math were in your favor... they wouldnt be offering it.

Additionally, if you arent comfortable buying without a warranty... you might not be buying the right stuff.

BS. (No offense)
So youre saying my house could burn down and I bought the wrong home. Not buying that logic for a second.

I agree the math is in their favor though. 100% certain. I bought the warranty knowing that was the case. Total gamble.

 

[dindinbre]

You dont need warranty at all. Even if something breaks on bass it is 95% of the time simple and cheap fix.

 

[RickyWoo]

You dont need warranty at all. Even if something breaks on bass it is 95% of the time simple and cheap fix.

Find a cheap fix for neck dive on a neck through and I'm all ears. Had my bridge buckled, tell me how I could do it for less than $25.

Not trying to be standoffish either. Just being realistic. If these things, that everyone says happens happened, how would $25 not be money well spent?

 

[MordBass]

BS. (No offense)
So youre saying my house could burn down and I bought the wrong home. Not buying that logic for a second.

I agree the math is in their favor though. 100% certain. I bought the warranty knowing that was the case. Total gamble.

No, thats not what I'm saying and I'm also not talking about insurance from outside damage or catastrophic events. What I'm saying is that if you wont purchase without a warranty, you might be choosing the wrong product.

For example... my friend wanted the new Fiat whatever and was talking about the warranty it came with and the extended one that was available. I told him that if he didnt buy such an abysmal piece of junk that the warranty wouldnt be so important. THATS what I'm saying. Like my preamp that I didnt buy the extended warranty on because Im not going to buy anything that has a reputation for breaking in the first place.

Also, yes... it is a total gamble... one that you know is not in your favor. The only time I buy those is when there is a service aspect as well that I am going to be saving money on. But to spend additional money right off the bat to bet against the product you just bought? No way.

 

[MordBass]

Find a cheap fix for neck dive on a neck through and I'm all ears. Had my bridge buckled, tell me how I could do it for less than $25.

what kind of bass?

 

[RickyWoo]

No, thats not what I'm saying and I'm also not talking about insurance from outside damage or catastrophic events. What I'm saying is that if you wont purchase without a warranty, you might be choosing the wrong product.

For example... my friend wanted the new Fiat whatever and was talking about the warranty it came with and the extended one that was available. I told him that if he didnt buy such an abysmal piece of junk that the warranty wouldnt be so important. THATS what I'm saying. Like my preamp that I didnt buy the extended warranty on because Im not going to buy anything that has a reputation for breaking in the first place.

Also, yes... it is a total gamble... one that you know is not in your favor. The only time I buy those is when there is a service aspect as well that I am going to be saving money on. But to spend additional money right off the bat to bet against the product you just bought? No way.

Ok thanks for clarifying! I'm talking about buying a $2K instrument/amp. I'm saying $25 more is (definitely) gonna make the big guys richer. I know that. Things do happen though and I'm okay with paying extra to the s*** h***'s that be extra, I guess is all I'm saying. Haha. Otherwise, I'm screwed even harder.

 

[RickyWoo]

what kind of bass?

While I'm speaking hypothetically, I'm referring to my Rick as an example. I paid warranty on it for reasons ( mostly vicarious ones, I'll add) I found on this forum.

 

[MordBass]

Ok thanks for clarifying! I'm talking about buying a $2K instrument/amp. I'm saying $25 more is (definitely) gonna make the big guys richer. I know that. Things do happen though and I'm okay with paying extra to the s*** h***'s that be extra, I guess is all I'm saying. Haha. Otherwise, I'm screwed even harder.

Now thats a fair point. I remember when Plasma Tvs were still $3,000 for a 42" so spending $400 extra for an "oh crap" situation was worth the peace of mind.

 

[RickyWoo]

Now thats a fair point. I remember when Plasma Tvs were still $3,000 for a 42" so spending $400 extra for an "oh crap" situation was worth the peace of mind.

Exactly

 

[RickyWoo]

"Knock on wood" as they say.

 

[MordBass]

While I'm speaking hypothetically, I'm referring to my Rick as an example.

Ok, see that is something I would buy one on. They are wonderful and amazing and they play really well and sound like nothing else...but the reliability has been debated. Soooo yes, I would agree with that.
My mom loves bmw's but knows they are testy so she buys them from carmax with the extended warranty. yea, its a little more but its what makes her ok with owning it in the first place.

 

[RickyWoo]

Ok, see that is something I would buy one on. They are wonderful and amazing and they play really well and sound like nothing else...but the reliability has been debated. Soooo yes, I would agree with that.
My mom loves bmw's but knows they are testy so she buys them from carmax with the extended warranty. yea, its a little more but its what makes her ok with owning it in the first place.

Appreciate the chat and glad we see eye to eye! Logic isn't a bad thing!

 

[gln1955]

I generally do not get an extended warranty on anything, but there's one time I did and am quite happy about it. Our Honda minivan had its transmission replaced twice. The first time was a couple thousand miles past the standard 36K warranty. The second time was clockwork at about 74K. This was a known issue for that model and the dealership got very good at fixing them quickly. That extended warranty saved me a few thousand. Still, I'd never get one for a bass or amp. The risk doesn't justify the cost, IMO.

 

[RickyWoo]

UPDATE

Over and above cautious: 16%
Bare minimum: 58%
Apothetic: 26%

 

[RickyWoo]

Must have gone and gotten my grammar all good because they never showed up yet haha!

^^^ JOKE ^^^

Seriously, thanks for the input so far, folks. It's good to know where everyone's thought are now and then, so you can compare and evaluate your own. That's what these fora are all about imo!

Cheers,
RickyWoo

 

[yodedude2]

i wonder about being able to get fast or decent (or any) service on an extended warranty or service contract. i've so often seen them turn into extended hassles when you go to collect (my experince in the automotive business). '...instant loaner', an interesting thought. what is the reality like?

 

[MultiScaleMale]

AppleCare is the only extended warranty I get. Other than paint delaminating or a warped neck, there isn’t much to go wrong with a bass that a manufacturer would cover.

 

[john m]

No extended warranties for me on anything.
Add all of the money together not spent and “ pool it”.