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<blockquote data-quote="shfle" data-source="post: 747726" data-attributes="member: 42208"><p>Sorry, I meant the G3 iBook in general was found to be a defective product, not just yours.</p><p></p><p>No I don't believe you can extend it beyond 3 years. This is one of the points that I am trying to make, if a computer is going to break down then the vast probability of when this will happen is either during it's first twelve months of operation, or when it is starting to get old (Of course there are exceptions but this is when most faults arise).</p><p></p><p>You are therefore paying money to protect your computer during the period of time when it is least likely to break. Companies know this and are therefore gambling at very short odds and even using your money as the stake, so they really can't lose.</p><p></p><p>Another point, if by misfortune, I am one of the unlucky few that develop faults during this period and say, for example, my hard drive failed out of warranty and I have no Applecare (Must be in 2nd or 3rd year or this would be useless anyway). I have no idea how much it would cost to get a new hard drive put in an iMac but lets use £200 just as an example.</p><p></p><p>Now am I £200 out of pocket just because I didn't purchase Apple care? No I'm only £61 down because I never spent £139 on Applecare in the first place. I know I'm still £200 out of pocket but that's not the point.</p><p></p><p>Here's an analogy for you (And no I do not gamble on the horses):-</p><p></p><p>Would you put a £139 bet on a horse that has odds of about 4/1 in a race that is probably less than 5% likely to be run? If the race is not run (Say about 95% chance) you lose your stake, in the unlikely occurrence the race is run (About 5% chance) and you have not placed a bet then you have to pay the odds.</p><p></p><p>This is effectively what you are doing with Applecare and the like (I used 4/1 to cover logic board, anything else would be much less odds).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shfle, post: 747726, member: 42208"] Sorry, I meant the G3 iBook in general was found to be a defective product, not just yours. No I don't believe you can extend it beyond 3 years. This is one of the points that I am trying to make, if a computer is going to break down then the vast probability of when this will happen is either during it's first twelve months of operation, or when it is starting to get old (Of course there are exceptions but this is when most faults arise). You are therefore paying money to protect your computer during the period of time when it is least likely to break. Companies know this and are therefore gambling at very short odds and even using your money as the stake, so they really can't lose. Another point, if by misfortune, I am one of the unlucky few that develop faults during this period and say, for example, my hard drive failed out of warranty and I have no Applecare (Must be in 2nd or 3rd year or this would be useless anyway). I have no idea how much it would cost to get a new hard drive put in an iMac but lets use £200 just as an example. Now am I £200 out of pocket just because I didn't purchase Apple care? No I'm only £61 down because I never spent £139 on Applecare in the first place. I know I'm still £200 out of pocket but that's not the point. Here's an analogy for you (And no I do not gamble on the horses):- Would you put a £139 bet on a horse that has odds of about 4/1 in a race that is probably less than 5% likely to be run? If the race is not run (Say about 95% chance) you lose your stake, in the unlikely occurrence the race is run (About 5% chance) and you have not placed a bet then you have to pay the odds. This is effectively what you are doing with Applecare and the like (I used 4/1 to cover logic board, anything else would be much less odds). [/QUOTE]
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