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Originally Posted by khalleron
Because it takes away resources that can better be used elsewhere. It would be more financially prudent to stick that money into an emergency savings account and cover those small disasters yourself than to just fork over that money to a stranger on the long shot that something bad might happen.
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Maybe if you have a low accident rate. If you have a high accident rate, on the other hand, you can SAVE money with an EW.
Not trying to argue with you, but a lot of your posts on this subject seem to sound very This Is Fact when, in reality, this is a very situational thing that varies from person to person.
Trust the people in this thread when they tell you that an EW was the right choice for THEIR personal situation.
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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
Because people who are careless with their own property tend to be careless with other people's property as well. I'm not looking forward to somebody breaking my device and then saying: So what, you can just go to the store and get a new one. Oh, you didn't get the extended warranty? Well, whose fault is that?
And I've seen this behavior in children, both in my generation and this one: if they aren't careful with their own toys, they aren't careful with the ones that belong to others.
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And, honestly? This sort of thing needs to stop in my opinion. It's completely your choice if you don't want to let other people touch your eReader (I certainly don't share mine around!), but you are painting people with EWs as being assholes who will break your stuff and then blame you for not buying an EW.
Saying that if you buy an EW for your child YOU ARE TEACHING THEM TO WRECK PEOPLES' STUFF is silly, strawmanning, and utterly insulting. Clumsy children and jackass children may have an overlap on the Venn diagram, but it's not a 1-to-1 ratio, and buying an EW doesn't automatically make anyone an entitled jerk. Mmkay?
