Its obvious extended warranty wouldn't benefit you as you tend to not keep electronics long enough. 10 laptops in a 16 year span if not normal for the average consumer. The ipod has been around what...6-7 years now and you have had 7.....of course extended warranty isn't for you. To make a blanket statement that extended warranties are a scam as one poster commented is careless. For example If one travels a lot, plans to keep a Kindle for a couple years, an extended warranty makes perfect sense.
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Originally Posted by spec2
Respectfully, that is not my own experience (You see what a tricky argument it is to base it on personal on-off experiences). I've owned about 10 laptops since 1992. Only ONE had issues after the warranty expired (used the aforementioned AMEX to get it repaired for free). My experience is similar to other electronics like iPods (my original went kaplooy weeks after the Apple warranty expired)... AMEX gave me a brand new one. The other 6 I owned never had any issues.
I would suggest that, given the Kindle's high resale value, an owner would be better off selling their machine after a year and using the proceeds + the $65 that would have been spent on the warranty and just buy a whole new machine with a whole new battery and warranty. Better yet, it might even be a whole new model!
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