Warranty

[Gables Girl]

If your credit card gets bought out or your bank changes they can discontinue the extended warranty at any time.  I had that happen, the credit card got bought out by a new company and the "warranty extension" went away.  So I don't count on those for long term protection anymore.  With the banks the way they are now who knows what will happen.  I bought the Square Trade one.

[ogie287 (est. 1838)]

With all the financial meltdowns, I wouldn't doubt that the banks would take away anything where they would have to pay out $$.

With the coupon for Square trade, the cost of the AD coverage is free plus $5 off the extended warranty.  I don't think I would have signed up for this without a coupon though.

[Dedalus]

But remember with square trade there's a $50 deductible for AD coverage. Add that to the total cost.

[ogie287 (est. 1838)]

But remember with square trade there's a $50 deductible for AD coverage. Add that to the total cost.

Good point.  So if the warranty is $45 with the coupon plus the $50 deductible (if you need to use the AD coverage), it would be $95 or about $31.67/year for 3 years of coverage.  The Amazon warranty is $65 or $32.50/year for 2 years of coverage.  But if you didn't need to use the AD coverage on the square trade warranty, it would work out to be $15/year for 3 years of coverage.

[libro]

I'd love the idea of a 3-year warranty, but since I've never dealt with Square Trade before, I think I'll stick with Amazon's warranty because it's specifically for the Kindle.  I'm sure the other warranties work very well, but I'm not familiar with them.

[jaspertyler]

I looked on epinions prior to purchasing my warranty and it has a lot of positive reviews (square trade that is)

[stevene9]

n these 3rd party guarantee situations, how do they fix a problem. There are no service centers for the Kindle. Do they automatically give you a K2 if you have a problem. They wouldn't have the parts to fix it themselves, even if they knew how. Are their warranties for the Kindle really worth anything?

Steve

[Ann in Arlington]

n these 3rd party guarantee situations, how do they fix a problem. There are no service centers for the Kindle. Do they automatically give you a K2 if you have a problem. They wouldn't have the parts to fix it themselves, even if they knew how. Are their warranties for the Kindle really worth anything?

Steve

My guess is you'd send them the non-functioning device and they'd send you the money.  Then you go buy a new one.

But I don't really know. . . .

Ann

[Dedalus]

And be sure to call your credit card company since the two I use (AmEx Hilton and Citi American Airlines MasterCard) both automatically extend your warranty one full year when using their card. Accidental damage is covered, however, only for the first 90 days.