RE: Extended Warranties Was :Damn! ... or is it?

["Kenneth Watt" <kennethwatt@xxxxxxx>]

But there are a lot of people out there that are not that worldly wise and the big multiples pray on that as that is how they make money, lot’s of it!

 

K.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Doxey [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 24 June 2001 13:02
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Extended Warranties Was :Damn! ... or is it?

 

I once bought a Thorn Sat99 Satellite Receiver (actually Pace 700 series) when DER were closing down.

 

Paid £45-00 and declined the offer of extended warranty.

 

11 months later I got a letter saying the guarantee had almost run out but I could extend it for another year for £79-00......and of course I immeadiately signed up....NOT !!!!!

 

Likewise when I bought my first satellite receiver they tried to scare me into a warranty by saying things like....

 

"What if it gets hit by lightning" - I claim on house insurance.

"What if the LNB fails" - I buy one for £40. (That was back in 1993. I just received a flyer froma trade satellite dealer and LNB's now cost the princely sum of £8 trade!!!)

 

Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 24 June 2001 12:47
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Damn! ... or is it?

 

I bought one of the Compaq laptops from Temp and they wanted to sell me a five year warranty for it (for nearly £400 IIRC) ... the guy seemed suprised when I told him that I didn't expect to be using the machine any more in two years time let alone five!

 

*chuckle* Is there anyone that you don't know?

 

Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth Watt [mailto:kennethwatt@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 24 June 2001 12:29
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Damn! ... or is it?

Not a chance of a correct answer, but they will sell you a warranty :->

 

If you want to expand Tivo I have a contact for such a thing ;-)

 

K.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 24 June 2001 12:01
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Damn! ... or is it?

 

Some "TIVO Truths" I've been told by the salesdroids...

 

Q : "Does TIVO support composite, S-Video or RGB output?"

A : "No ... it's SCART only."

 

Q : "How much recording time do I get and what's the quality like?"

A : "About two days and it's as good as DVD, if you want better quality then he recording time comes down a bit."

 

Q : "Is there any way to get more recording time at best quality?"

A : "Yeah you can fit a bigger hard disc."

Q : "Who does that? TIVO?"

A : "No, you just stick in a big hard disc like you would in a computer, of course it invalidates the warranty so I shouldn't tell you but you just stick in a bigger drive - if you can put a hard disc in a PC it's easy."

 

Q : "Can you have more than one TIVO on a subscription?"
A : "I don't see why you would want more than one but yes."

 

Q : "Can I have a demo?"

A : "Yes ... there it is." [Points to rolling TIVO demo.]

Q : "What I mean is can I actually see it woking? See it recording and playing back something?"

A : "No."

 

I'm just waiting until I get correct answers from a salesdroid ...

 

Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Doxey [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 24 June 2001 02:15
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Damn! ... or is it?

Once overheard a salesdroid in Comet tell a customer that even if they used a SCART lead connect their satellite to their Nicam TV they still wouldnt have Stereo Sound because satellite didnt use NICAM.

 

I take great pleasure in asking questions and seeing how deep a hole the sales person will dig for themselves. Cant consider getting a TiVo as no shop round here can demonstrate it because they havent got subscriptions.

 

Keith

 

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