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- From: davidm@meaddata.com (David Miller)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
- Subject: Re: home warrantee
- Date: 23 Nov 1992 19:54:09 GMT
- Organization: Mead Data Central, Dayton OH
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- References: <1egnrvINNfqo@newmdata.meaddata.com> <1992Nov23.155235.14092@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
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- In article <1992Nov23.155235.14092@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>, smjeff@lerc05.lerc.nasa.gov (Jeff Miller) writes:
- |> 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
-
- story about water heater repair removed....
-
- |> >And I'm not connected to AHS in any way.
- |> >
- |>
- |> 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
-
- Nope. Didn't cost me a dime. The seller provided it. And we negotiated the
- price in 5K increments so the 250 didn't have any effect.
-
- |> to have an old water heater patched together so that it lasts for a few more
- |> months.
-
- Patched together. No, simply repaired. My guess it has many good years
- left in it. It's only 6 years old with minimal deposits.
-
- |>
- |> 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
-
- I have friends who had a dishwasher replaced - NOT repaired. Not sure what
- company the warrantee was with.
-
- |> 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.
-
- Based on my discussion on the phone, they probably use approved repair
- agencies and let them make estimates etc. My guess is that AHS then
- chooses the cheapest option. It's not in the best interest of the repair
- agency to do shoddy work.
-
- |>
- |> --
- |> 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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