EXTENDED WARRANTY

[MarkTwain]

Good Idea or not"""

[KRex-Tampa]

Odds are in the the seller of the warranty. If they were not making money on them, deal or after dealer, they would not sell them. It works our for some people and if you don't have some cash available for a rainy day, then it might give you a little peace of mind. I personally vote for keeping the money for a rainy day and try to learn and do stuff yourself.

[greenskeeper]

Yes, not a waste of money, bought it for my 2001 truck........$2200.00.........negotiated the price down from $3200.00, first bill was $1800.00, all new injectors, 2 new manifolds, new exhaust pipe.....2 nd time new turbo.....$1100.00 and last time another manifold to the tune of $1000-00, more than payed for itself. No ded.........with the cost of labor and how complicated the new rigs are...( just lift the hood and see if you can find anything that looks like it did 15 yrs ago ) you will see why I will buy another one the next time we purchase ..............

[myredracer]

EW = waste of money. Read the fine print. Things that are covered don't usually break and things that do aren't covered. The things that do typically break can often be fixed yourself or don't cost that much to fix. These plans are big money makers for the providers and/or dealer. Keep your $$ and go buy some nice RV accessories instead.

Our TT has a factory 2-year warranty but doesn't cover things like appliances and other components after year 1. Our TT insurance policy covers appliances between year 1 and 2 from date of purchase of TT tho.

Even if some things should be covered under warranty, you can still end up with a fight to get them fixed and sometimes will even get denied and some things you *think* should be covered aren't, such as exterior caulking that fails in less than a year.

[allen8106]

abc40kids wrote:

allen8106 wrote:
Only if you negotiate one from a third party that has no vested interest in the sale of the unit. Extended warranties are a scam used by auto dealers and camper dealers to pad the bottom line. They have about 1000% mark up. A $2000 extended warranty can be had for a fraction of the cost if you shop for it separately after the purchase.

i bought it and used it on my last 5er after the 4th year and I bought the extended warranty from the dealer thru whatever company. It paid for itself in one claim and mine had a ZERO deductable.

It's insurance and that's the bottom line, you either believe in it or you don't, you can afford it or you can't, you think its a waste of money or you don't. Bottom line on a new purchase it's not gonna hurt your deal at all. I thought it was a no brainer

I agree that they are useful and I like having them. I just don't believe in buying them through the dealer because they mark up the price a tremendous amount, 300%-400%. A $2000 extended warranty can be had for $300-$500.

[abc40kids]

allen8106 wrote:
Only if you negotiate one from a third party that has no vested interest in the sale of the unit. Extended warranties are a scam used by auto dealers and camper dealers to pad the bottom line. They have about 1000% mark up. A $2000 extended warranty can be had for a fraction of the cost if you shop for it separately after the purchase.

i bought it and used it on my last 5er after the 4th year and I bought the extended warranty from the dealer thru whatever company. It paid for itself in one claim and mine had a ZERO deductable.

It's insurance and that's the bottom line, you either believe in it or you don't, you can afford it or you can't, you think its a waste of money or you don't. Bottom line on a new purchase it's not gonna hurt your deal at all. I thought it was a no brainer

[fla-gypsy]

If offered by a manufacturer they can be OK, from a third party I say they are junk. On my vehicles I buy the extended warranty offered by the maker only, on a RV they only got me one time.

[allen8106]

Only if you negotiate one from a third party that has no vested interest in the sale of the unit. Extended warranties are a scam used by auto dealers and camper dealers to pad the bottom line. They have about 1000% mark up. A $2000 extended warranty can be had for a fraction of the cost if you shop for it separately after the purchase.

[2oldman]

beemerphile1 wrote:
and how few people use the search feature. :B Right, 2oldman? :B

Yep. Really not too hard to search for 'extended warranty'. Some things ARE hard to find, but not this subject.

That said, I don't really care how many times questions are asked. There are plenty of posters who will answer.

[beemerphile1]

2oldman wrote:

paulcardoza wrote:
Sr member from 2002 asking this question? TROLL!!!!!!!!!

It's amazing how some posters never read anything except the answers to their own questions.

and how few people use the search feature. :B Right, 2oldman? :B

[2oldman]

paulcardoza wrote:
Sr member from 2002 asking this question? TROLL!!!!!!!!!

It's amazing how some posters never read anything except the answers to their own questions.

[Jbrowland]

So many factors here. Impossible to answer for someone else. In my case, I bought it but I also bought a former rental with 125,000 miles on it so my guess is in the next five years I will likely use it a few times. Really, the question(s) should be what does it cover? Next, how much? Next, how do you use your rig? For most, especially people buying new, I would answer no and agree with the savings account for rainy days approach.

[wbwood]

Shadow Catcher wrote:
It is an actuarial gamble, but it just saved me from a $5,000 cost of a new transmission.

The way I see it....has worked out for some and not for others. Hopefully it's a complete waste of money.

[Shadow_Catcher]

It is an actuarial gamble, but it just saved me from a $5,000 cost of a new transmission.

[paulcardoza]

Sr member from 2002 asking this question? TROLL!!!!!!!!!

djgarcia wrote:
Good Idea or not"""