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From: dave@onfcanim.UUCP (Dave Martindale)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Sony CD Player frequency of repair/Optics cleaning...
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Date: Thu, 17-Oct-85 08:48:28 EDT
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Someone who offers an extended warranty expects to make money on it.
Thus, the expected cost of covered repairs is less than the amount of
money taken in from people buying the warranty.  So, either

1) the warranty doesn't actually cover what is most likely to break
   (this seems to be true of car warranties), or
2) the device isn't too likely to break.

Thus, unless you can't really afford to repair it if it does break,
you're better off not buying the warranty.  However, it should be considered
a point in the favour of a particular unit if a low-cost extended warranty
is *available*, since it means it is expected to be reliable.