Bought a laptop - good deal?

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:58 am

Buying laptops on a budget..such as factory reconditions/refurbs...I wouldn't get an extended warranty. Sort of blows the whole "buying for a cheap price" theory out of the water.

For someone who dabbles in computers and/or knows about them...even less the reason to get an extended warranty. The parts which are more prone to failure...and rather easily replaced.

Most common part to fail/need replacement..hard drive. 80 - 150 bucks (depending on size/speed) for a brand new drive to replace it.

Immediate guaranteed replacement no matter what the cause for failure/breakage....for a home user? Guess if you want to spend the money..but I see that as a more important feature for businesses...where staff NEED that laptop back ASAP.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:19 am

UOD wrote:My god you people are thick...

For $150 you get a new laptop......when you decide to break your current one....do you people understand that or not??????

I guess the big thing is to figure out when a specific product life cycle is going to end, thus ensuring any new replacement will be next gen.

I'm trying to explain that to everyone but it would appear its hard to understand lol

YARDofSTUF wrote:ANYTHING except fire damage, theft, or something that looks intentional.

So not ANYTHING.

So your Dell Warranty Certified too I guess? Look again.. Fire damage being the only thing that might be questionable can be argued and has been.

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/glob ... =en&s=corp

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:32 am

Sava700 wrote:So your Dell Warranty Certified too I guess? Look again.. Fire damage being the only thing that might be questionable can be argued and has been.

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/glob ... =en&s=corp

Good god I didnt think you could get more cocky:

http://www1.la.dell.com/content/topics/ ... l=es&s=gen

Damaged in a fire Not covered - insurance coverage
Intentional damage (hammer marks) Not covered - insurance coverage
Stolen unit Not covered - insurance coverage
Normal wear (does not affect system performance) Not covered

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:38 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:Good god I didnt think you could get more cocky:

http://www1.la.dell.com/content/topics/ ... l=es&s=gen

not getting cocky..but it would appear we have two different Dell sites saying different things.. I however have seen first hand systems replaced or repaired due to theft and fire damage using Complete Care. You have to remember LoJack comes with Complete care usually when you check out.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:43 am

Sava700 wrote:not getting cocky..but it would appear we have two different Dell sites saying different things.. I however have seen first hand systems replaced or repaired due to theft and fire damage using Complete Care. You have to remember LoJack comes with Complete care usually when you check out.

Priced out a 499 laptop, with 4 year warranty and the accidental + lojack and it was over 1000 bucks. For that I would either just buy 2 laptops or put the money in savings and when the lappy broke use the other or spend the saved money on a better laptop.

I've also read around other sites that dell sends out refurbed and not new ones most times when they replace them.

So is accidental + lojack the new name of complete care?

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:59 am

I'm just saying I've seen it and processed many many calls for different things.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:08 am

Sava700 wrote:I'm just saying I've seen it and processed many many calls for different things.

The question was a yes or no question.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:12 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:The question was a yes or no question.

yeah, in the general Discussion section.. I gave my answer and then gave a valid discussion point on the item.

Fair to say I was right with first hand knowledge...

Comtrad · Post by **Comtrad** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:15 am

TonyT wrote:I have a dell d830 that I dual boot:
http://members.cox.net/tonyt/d830

If you can, try to grab a 9 cell battery for your laptop because the 6 cell batteries don't last as long. I get about 5-6 hrs use off of the 9 cell while using wifi too.

Thanks, I'll have to look into that.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:16 am

Sava700 wrote:yeah, in the general Discussion section.. I gave my answer and then gave a valid discussion point on the item.

Fair to say I was right with first hand knowledge...

Now if only you were anti snobby sales pitch certified...

Though they still wont replace it if its fire or seems intentional, so I'll give you partial credit.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:19 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:Now if only you were anti snobby sales pitch certified...

Though they still wont replace it if its fire or seems intentional, so I'll give you partial credit.

LOL thanks for the partial credit

p.s. I have gotten parts replaced from intentional damage and fire

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:21 am

Sava700 wrote:LOL thanks for the partial credit

p.s. I have gotten parts replaced from intentional damage and fire

So as a dell warranty certified... person, you use it to cheat out thier system and thus in teh long run and grand scale cause the price to be placed higher?

Nice one.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:23 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:So as a dell warranty certified... person, you use it to cheat out thier system and thus in teh long run and grand scale cause the price to be placed higher?

Nice one.

Hey, I file the issue as I was told by the owner, I make the request with what info was givin.

I'm not stupid but thats not my place to go back and say BS that isnt what happened...its up to the warranty dept to either go ok or ask questions or talk to the owner.

Kinda like that one kid that came in asked about the warranty time left.. came back in a week later saying "Sir, I spilled water on my laptop and it won't work now" I'm not dumb.... I know he went in and ran the sucker under the faucet.

Otherwise being certified I'm able to work on them without voiding the warranty which is the main thing.