LCD TV extended warranty - worth it?

[John D]

I'm going to buy an LCD TV soon, but I need help deciding the best deal. I know which TV I want (Toshiba 32WLT66) - no suggestions on that please

The question is: is it worth paying for a warranty up to either 2 or 5 years, or just stick with the standard 1 year manufacturers warranty.

The options:

- £681 (1 yr warranty & delivery) from online retailer
- £780 (2 yr warranty & delivery) from online retailer
- £895 (5 yr warranty) from John Lewis in high street

Is it likely the TV will break within 1,2, or 5 years? Expensive to fix if outside warranty?

 

[McBunny]

great tv

tbh you could get jl to prise match the other places id imagine

 

[Clart]

i just got a 1 year warrenty. if its breaks i'll claim on the house insurance.

 

[182_blue]

get it from johnlewis and try a price match

 

[Pat_986]

I work for Comet, and as you know will all the high street stores, warrantys and finance are all they are interested in!

They can be worth it because they DO break down, and will cost a fortune if it does.

Best advise is to haggle, if they are anything like comet they WILL give you good discount off the warranty.

Only other thing is to take out a yearly policy after the first year, through somone like domestic & general ,only downside to this is they do cost more!

 

[John D]

great tv

tbh you could get jl to prise match the other places id imagine

They already beat them for a 5 year guarantee (just)

I'm tempted to go there for piece of mind and the fact that it's on the high street so if there is a problem its easy to go in and rant . Also I got my last TV from there with no probs (1 failure in 3 years which they fixed quick)

Thing is if I get the TV and it's fine for 5 years I'll feel a bit of a wanker lol

 

[John D]

i just got a 1 year warrenty. if its breaks i'll claim on the house insurance.

Good shout. Hav'nt really looked into that

 

[John D]

I work for Comet, and as you know will all the high street stores, warrantys and finance are all they are interested in!

All TV's at John Lewis come with a 'free' 5 year warranty - so it's not too much of a stitch up from that point of view

 

[McBunny]

i just got a 1 year warrenty. if its breaks i'll claim on the house insurance.

Good shout. Hav'nt really looked into that

some policys deed to to indervidually declare anything over like 500 in value so make sure you do

 

[Dansta]

The options:

- £681 (1 yr warranty & delivery) from online retailer
- £780 (2 yr warranty & delivery) from online retailer
- £895 (5 yr warranty) from John Lewis in high street

Is it likely the TV will break within 1,2, or 5 years? Expensive to fix if outside warranty?

sorry, do those prices include the tv?!!?

 

[McBunny]

yes lol

 

[McBunny]

oh and i can find the 32wlt 66 for less than your cheepest price i think

 

[John D]

oh and i can find the 32wlt 66 for less than your cheepest price i think

Go on then. (must be in black, not silver)

Off the back of a truck?

 

[McBunny]

found it for 644 and if you have an egg credit card you can get another 5% off that so 612 with cashback from egg

 

[John D]

found it for 644 and if you have an egg credit card you can get another 5% off that so 612 with cashback from egg

Nice one Where's that?

 

[McBunny]

dixons lol

 

[Pat_986]

I work for Comet, and as you know will all the high street stores, warrantys and finance are all they are interested in!

All TV's at John Lewis come with a 'free' 5 year warranty - so it's not too much of a stitch up from that point of view

That sounds quite good then, just make sure you read the T&C and are sure on what is/isnt covered.

Only thing is if you buy grom JL you are still paying for it in the long run.....£900! as apposed to £700 online, if you buy from the right place you can reserve online and pay & collect in store.

 

[Dansta]

Whats the diff between the wlt66 and 68?

 

[miketheman2k]

See if Costco sell it, they do 3 years warranty on TV's.

 

[Pat_986]

Whats the diff between the wlt66 and 68?

about £400 lol

 

[Dansta]

why the 400 tho

 

[Pat_986]

Better Contrast ratio, extra connections (1 more HDMI)

Must be alot more, not to sure, Not worth it IMO!

 

[John D]

dixons lol

Got a link for that?

I've been on www.dixons.co.uk and its £684.90 :S

 

[John D]

Better Contrast ratio, extra connections (1 more HDMI)

Must be alot more, not to sure, Not worth it IMO!

Hang on...which one's not worth it? 68 or 66?

66 is rated by Which? mag; partly why I chose it

 

[McBunny]

dixons lol

Got a link for that?

I've been on www.dixons.co.uk and its £684.90 :S

then use this code PERKZ40NEW


differences between the 66 and the 68 1 extra hdmi activision 100 image processing and thats about it oh and the audio is done by onkyo

 

[Pat_986]

Better Contrast ratio, extra connections (1 more HDMI)

Must be alot more, not to sure, Not worth it IMO!

Hang on...which one's not worth it? 68 or 66?

66 is rated by Which? mag; partly why I chose it

IMO the 68 not worth an extra £400!

 

[Pat_986]

66 looks like a good buy to me

 

[John D]

Hang on...which one's not worth it? 68 or 66?

66 is rated by Which? mag; partly why I chose it

IMO the 68 not worth an extra £400!

Good

 

[John D]

Got a link for that?

I've been on www.dixons.co.uk and its £684.90 :S

then use this code PERKZ40NEW

Er...are we looking at the same Dixons?! that code comes up with no results when I enter it in the search function

 

[McBunny]

not search function lol

when you click buy on the tv and go to your basket you can ad a discount code that code gives you £40 off

 

[Clart]

jeeeez louise

 

[John D]

Oh! I knew I was'nt doing something right lol

However you know when it asks you to enter a postcode to check availability - well it says its out of stock on every postcode I've tried! So I hav'nt even got to use your PERK.... code. FFS!

Thanks for the quick reply's btw McBunny