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- From: rjwade@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert J. Wade)
- Subject: Re: Extended Warranty (3rd party recommendations)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.193903.12265@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- References: <PHILG.92Nov15161532@zug.ai.mit.edu> <1992Nov16.213211.16188@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <PHILG.92Nov18110342@zug.ai.mit.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:39:03 GMT
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- In article <PHILG.92Nov18110342@zug.ai.mit.edu> philg@martigny.ai.mit.edu writes:
- >
- >In article <1992Nov16.213211.16188@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> rjwade@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert J. Wade) writes:
- >
- >
- > In article <PHILG.92Nov15161532@zug.ai.mit.edu> philg@martigny.ai.mit.edu writes:
- > >In article <BxoEAu.4v8@world.std.com> sandyb@world.std.com (Sandy Bendremer) writes:
- > >
- > > I am just about to take delivery on a new Ford (Taurus SHO). Can anyone
- > > recommend or provide a list of 3rd party extended warranty providers.
- > >
- > > My goal would be to have as good (or better) coverage than Ford's program,
- > > at lower cost.
- > >
- > >Don't get a 3rd party warranty. In most states the implied warranty
- >
- > don't get an extended warranty ever, they are a ripoff *always*.
- > put the money in the bank and use it to cover repairs after the 3 year wait
- > is up!
- >
- >Put the money in the bank! My Ford requires several thousand dollars
- >worth of repairs each year, including piles of new brake and engine
- >control parts. Maybe this advice makes sense for a Toyota, but I
- >wouldn't buy another Ford without an extended warranty.
- >
- >If you don't buy the extended warranty, you are entering a lottery.
- >You might win the few hundred dollars that the warranty costs, but you
- >might lose thousands.
- >--
- >
- > -- Philip Greenspun
- >
-
- so have you decided to dump your Fix-Or-Repair-Daily mobile?
- chances are you are paying co-payments each repair eh?
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