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- From: smjeff@lerc05.lerc.nasa.gov (Jeff Miller)
- Subject: Re: home warrantee
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.155235.14092@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:52:35 GMT
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- In article <1egnrvINNfqo@newmdata.meaddata.com> davidm@meaddata.com (David Miller) writes:
- >I just want to plug AHS (American Home Shield). The seller of my house
- >furnished the policy. The water heater wasn't working quite right so I
- >check the elements, and sure enough, the lower element showed infinite
- >resistance. So, instead of following directions from the net on how to
- >replace it, I called AHS. They had a plumber out in 24 hours to fix it.
- >It was easy to get through to them, they were prompt, etc. Couldn't ask
- >for more. I paid only the $35 deductable to the plumber (I know, the element
- >was probably less but I didn't have to do anything this way).
- >
- >I figured the AHS policy would be pretty useless when I bought the house.
- >I glad I was wrong.
- >
- >And I'm not connected to AHS in any way.
- >
- >Dave
- >
- >
- >--
- >David James Miller Architecture&Systems Evolution
- >Mead Data Central, B6F3 (513) 865-7441
- >PO Box 933 davidm@meaddata.com
- >Dayton Ohio 45401 I speak for me, not MDC
-
-
- I disagree. In most cases the home warranty is not going to pay for
- itself. The warranty company is not going to replace something if they
- can patch it together so that it lasts until the warranty is over.
-
- Your warranty probably cost you around $250. So far you have paid $285
- to have an old water heater patched together so that it lasts for a few more
- months.
-
- This is only my opinion. In my case I did not get a home warranty and
- I don't regret it. Are there any people out there who actually saved
- money by getting a home warranty? I'm also curious to know if a home
- warranty company ever replaced something that broke (like a furnace) or
- do they just patch it back together so that it lasts for the duration
- of the warranty period.
-
- --
- Jeffrey H. Miller smjeff@lerc05.lerc.nasa.gov
- Sverdrup Technology, NASA Lewis Research Center Group, Cleveland, Ohio
-
- favorite book title: Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons
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