t-jacobs@cs.utah.edu (Tony Jacobs) (09/27/89)
In article <32434@srcsip.UUCP> mnkonar@src.honeywell.com (Murat N. Konar) writes: >whole point of offering only a 90 day warranty is that it gives customers >an incentive to buy AppleCare. AppleCare makes dealers lots of money. Boy, It's even more of an incentive to buy a 3rd party internal drive with a 1-5 year warranty!!!!! Tony Jacobs * Center for Engineering Design * U of U * t-jacobs@ced.utah.edu
heberlei@iris.ucdavis.edu (Todd) (09/28/89)
In article <1989Sep26.124447.23473@hellgate.utah.edu> t-jacobs@cs.utah.edu (Tony Jacobs) writes: >In article <32434@srcsip.UUCP> mnkonar@src.honeywell.com (Murat N. Konar) writes: > >>whole point of offering only a 90 day warranty is that it gives customers >>an incentive to buy AppleCare. AppleCare makes dealers lots of money. > >Boy, It's even more of an incentive to buy a 3rd party internal drive with >a 1-5 year warranty!!!!! If it can be done, I would recommend purchasing your Apple computer on an American Express card to get the extended one year warranty. I wish I would have done that-I just forked out about $270 to extend my warranty. Has anyone out in NetLand done this or knows if it will work? > >Tony Jacobs * Center for Engineering Design * U of U * t-jacobs@ced.utah.edu Todd Heberlein heberlei@iris.ucdavis.edu 128.120.57.20
russ@key.COM (Russell Donnan) (09/29/89)
In article <5439@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> heberlei@iris.ucdavis.edu (Todd) writes: > >If it can be done, I would recommend purchasing your Apple computer on >an American Express card to get the extended one year warranty. I >wish I would have done that-I just forked out about $270 to extend my >warranty. Has anyone out in NetLand done this or knows if it will >work? > >Todd Heberlein >heberlei@iris.ucdavis.edu 128.120.57.20 Yes, purchasing your Mac with American Express would increase your warranty, but it would DOUBLE it, not make it one year. That means 180 days, -or- 6 months to you and me. i.e. not much of a difference for the sake of paying off an $8,000+ charge in one month. -Russ --------------------------------------- Russ Donnan Amdahl, Key Computer Labroatories, Fremont, CA, USA (415) 623-2121, russ@key.amdahl.com, ...!{pacbell,amdahl,sgi}!key!russ DISCLAIMER: I am not affiliated in any way with American Express or any of their competitors for that matter. Amdahl may or may not share my views. I haven't asked them! ;-)
rajiv@ee.rochester.edu (Rajiv Arora) (09/29/89)
In article <1124@key.COM> russ@xanadu.key.COM (Russell Donnan) writes: >In article <5439@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> heberlei@iris.ucdavis.edu (Todd) writes: >> >>If it can be done, I would recommend purchasing your Apple computer on >>an American Express card to get the extended one year warranty. I >>wish I would have done that-I just forked out about $270 to extend my >>warranty. Has anyone out in NetLand done this or knows if it will >>work? >> >Yes, purchasing your Mac with American Express would increase your warranty, >but it would DOUBLE it, not make it one year. That means 180 days, -or- >6 months to you and me. i.e. not much of a difference for the sake of >paying off an $8,000+ charge in one month. You get the same "double the warranty period" if you use the Citbank Classic Visa/MC cards. And that you DON'T have to pay off in a month! Rajiv Arora -- Addresses: UUCP: ...!rochester!ur-valhalla!rajiv ARPA: rajiv@ee.rochester.edu
geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen) (10/03/89)
In article <1989Sep29.145311.9386@ee.rochester.edu> rajiv@ee.rochester.edu (Rajiv Arora) writes: >In article <1124@key.COM> russ@xanadu.key.COM (Russell Donnan) writes: >>Yes, purchasing your Mac with American Express would increase your warranty, >>but it would DOUBLE it, not make it one year. That means 180 days, -or- >>6 months to you and me. i.e. not much of a difference for the sake of >>paying off an $8,000+ charge in one month. > >You get the same "double the warranty period" if you use the Citbank Classic >Visa/MC cards. And that you DON'T have to pay off in a month! But you DO have to pay exhorbitant interest rates if you don't pay it off in a month. :-) Seriously, thanks for the info. I've got a Citibank Classic MC and didn't know about that. -- Geoff Allen \ Disclaimer: WINCO doesn't believe in Macs, {uunet,bigtex}!pmafire!geoff \ so of course these are my views. ucdavis!egg-id!pmafire!geoff \