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- From: golka@bnr.ca
- Subject: Re: OK..why shouldnt I get an extended car warranty?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.180730.19668@bnr.ca>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:07:30 GMT
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- In article <BzExKz.3HJ@sneaky.lonestar.org> gordon@sneaky.lonestar.org (Gordon
- Burditt) writes:
- >>I just bought my new car, a Mercury Tracer LTS. Today's session with
- >>the sales people was to talk financing and "other options". They made
- >>the extended car warranty sound OH SO GOOD. After listening to him,
- >>I couldnt remember anything the net has said about these warranties.
- >>I need to be reminded...why are they such a bad deal? On principle, it
- >>sounds great. For $660 I can get an extra 2 years of coverage. And the
-
- >>brochure they give indicates a lot of things that are covered. I have
- >
-
- On my car, the list of exclusions included all of the known problems with the
- car
- There was never anything that broke that was covered. NOTHING! There were a few
- clauses,
- like "electrical contacts", ... and when combined they could be used to exclude
- almost
- any part of the car!
-
- >Find out who's backing the warranty. If it's not the manufacturer of
- >the car, (e.g. it's the dealer or some company that only does
- >warranty service) and maybe even if it is, ask for financial statements
- >and a credit report on the warranty company. Having the company go
- >Chapter 11 before the warranty expires (or even starts) might be more
- >likely than power door locks failing.
-
- And then the companty went under which terminated my so called "extended
- waranty".
-
- Bill Crick. JUST SAY NO TO EXTENDED WARANTEES.
-