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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
@Ken Maltby, boswd, anamardoll, MsCG1, bhartman36
I'm not sure that we have been thinking of the same thing. When shops were trying to sell what they called extended warranty (although that might have something to do with the fact that I'm in the Netherlands and the employees were speaking to me in English because I don't speak dutch), they were selling what according to Wikipedia sounds more like extended service plans.
Basically they were telling me that for a monthly fee, I can feel secure in the knowledge that no matter what happens to the device it will be replaced, when I bought a new phone; and fixed, or if that doesn't work, replaced, when I got my tablet, no questions asked.
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That's the same thing that came with my old phone. The way that these things seem to work is, they become less valuable as time goes on. E.g., you'll spend $8/mo. on a plan, so if something happens to your $200 phone in the first month, it's a good deal, but the longer you go, the more you'll have paid.
I got one for my Palm Pre when I had that phone. If something had happened to the screen (which wasn't covered by the original warranty) it would've been a good deal. As it was, I never had to use it.
I see what you're saying, but I still don't think it's necessarily
just about insuring yourself against carelessness. You can be as careful as you want, and sometimes sh*t just happens (e.g., you're carrying your phone in your front shirt pocket and you trip and fall or something).
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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
And bhartman36, RAM chips can go bad?
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I've had it happen. It doesn't necessarily happen right away (and that's kind of the point), but I've had RAM die after a little over a year.