extended warrantys , fridge freezer

buckshee

so with our twins about to arrive any day now we are thinking the fridge freezer we have is nowhere near big enough for us now and are probably gonna buy a much bigger one. Can anyone recommend a good place to get the warranty ? the ones you get from the likes of comet are way over the top obviously

Stig

Put the money in a savings account - you'll be quids in even at 0% interest. All warranties are a rip-off.

Covered End

[cite]Posted By: Stig[/cite]Put the money in a savings account - you'll be quids in even at 0% interest. All warranties are a rip-off.

This.

If they try & sell me a warranty, I ask them if they are telling me that the purchased item is not very good and they expect it to break in the next few years. When they say no, then I conclude that I don't need the warranty.

seth plum

https://partners.domgen.com/Quote/products/fridge-freezer-extended-warranty

you can get much cheaper commercial warranties.

Crusty54

Buy the fridge/freezer from John Lewis

you get a 2 year warranty free

bingaddick

[cite]Posted By: Crusty54[/cite]Buy the fridge/freezer from John Lewis

you get a 2 year warranty free

This

[cite]Posted By: Stig[/cite]Put the money in a savings account - you'll be quids in even at 0% interest. All warranties are a rip-off.

or this.

I used to work in the insurance team that had Dixons as a client. Dixons (PC World/Currys) made virtually nothing - no margin on the price of the goods. All their profit was in the extended warranty. Thats why they plug it so strongly. I doubt much has changed. In those days the insurance tax was a lot lower than VAT on extended warranties as well so they created insurance vehicles to offer the warranty as an insurance until the government cottoned on and upped the tax rate on extended warranty insurance.

They are generally a total rip off. I have just got rid of the same fridge freezer that we bought 24 years ago! Not because it broke down but because it was going rusty!

Modern ones are less reliable. If you can get one with two compressors they are the better choice. I'd stick one fifth of the cost away in a savings account. They should last at least five years. If you can get a free warranty then so much the better.

InspectorSands

Wellingtons in Erith did me a fridge with a decent free warranty, delivered for free and also took my dripping heap of an old fridge away for nothing. Worth a look.

Leroy Ambrose

ALL warranties - except those you get free - are a total and utter ripoff. Spend any extra money you would on the warranty on a better appliance.

Bangkokaddick

I used to write some extended warranty business in my underwriting days and most of what you pay goes in commission to the likes of Currys and the brokers. A very small percentage of the upfront premium actually goes to the insurance companies underwriting the risk and they still make a profit.

I have never bought an extended warranty and never will.

AFKABartram

Lol, fridge freezer is the least of your worries!

Good luck pal

charltonkeston

Fridge/freezers dont go wrong often (i've never had one break on me in 30 years).
Save your money.

Vinnie V.

Got contents insurance? Don't bother with a warranty.

razil

if you have existing warranty agreements I believe it is possible to add to these if you call the real provider, at a much better price than if not

stonemuse

[cite]Posted By: InspectorSands[/cite]Wellingtons in Erithdid me a fridge with a decent free warranty, delivered for free and also took my dripping heap of an old fridge away for nothing. Worth a look.

Good shop and extremely helpful ... got a lot of stuff there for my daughter when she got her own place.

Bournemouth Addick

Can only agree with the rest of the thread in that warranties are a rip off IMO and generally so full of exclusion clauses that they are not worth the paper they are written on. You still have your legal rights if it goes wrong within a reasonable period and if it doesn't go wrong for years then what you've saved in payments will pay for any repair/replacment anyway.

Official advice on warrenties