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Originally Posted by cicy33
on his in this case we were lucky. but if he does anything worse they would not cover it with a regular warranty. Also if they had determined it was not the computer but his fault it still would have been covered.
Good example, my daughter had a laptop a year or so back. She was using it and walked away. While she was away from it (about a half hour tops) there was a pipe in the ceiling of the basement they were in (they lived in her husbands mothers basement when they first married, it was very nice and finished but well stuff happens) and the pipe burst and flooded her laptop. She did not see this coming and could not have avoided it as no matter where she had set it the water would have gotten to it. she had no extra warranty and when she called they told her they did not cover water damage or personal damage only if the computer was defective. laptop became a nice paperweight.
Now with my laptop I was willing to pay the extra in case something does happen. as said above. laptops are mobile, accidents happen. regular warranty WILL NOT cover accidents. I would never pay for an extra warranty on a desktop because you don't move those around.
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Again, the extended warranty was a waste, because HomeOwner's insurance would've covered the drowned laptop. Even most car insurance policies would replace a laptop stolen from your car too. Also had you purchased the laptop with certain credit cards, an automatic extended warranty might have provided coverage too.
My two daughters have had laptops since they were 3 years of age, and today their 20 & 22, and they nor myself have ever had any out-of-warranty repairs, nor any repairs for any accidents.
I told the girls that if they drop it, or break it, they get no replacement on my dime, and maybe that's why they are so careful with their laptops.
If your lifestyle is so fraght with accidents and such, then I think there are other bigger issues that need attention.