Argos Warranty

[nigel jones 5Participant @nigeljones5]

I bought a new Dremel yesterday and opted for the extended warranty – so far they have sent me 18 extended warranty policies, each one a different number. I hope they arent billing me for these! If any of you work for Argos…what?????

[nigel jones 5Participant @nigeljones5]

[larry phelan 1Participant @larryphelan1]

They might do this just "To be sure to be sure" as we say over here !

[nigel jones 5Participant @nigeljones5]

Now at 28 and counting. Me thinks there is a tiny fault somewhere in their software!

[old martParticipant @oldmart]

I bought a combi microwave oven from them last year and opted for the extended warrantee, and it was printed out there and then.

[nigel jones 5Participant @nigeljones5]

And so it continues…….

[jimmy bParticipant @jimmyb]

Fizzy, I dread to think what your inbox looks like this morning!!

Jim

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Big question:

Are the extension periods concurrent or consecutive ?

MichaelG.

[nigel jones 5Participant @nigeljones5]

Im currently getting a new one every three minutes. I rang them – they said someone musy have pressed a wrong button. Well if thats the case theyve been up all night and are still pressing it

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

It doubt if it really matters, but I was asking about the contractual duration[s] of the warranty periods, not their frequency of arrival.

MichaelG.

[larry phelan 1Participant @larryphelan1]

Maybe they operate 24/7 ?????

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by fizzy on 26/01/2020 08:02:22:

Im currently getting a new one every three minutes. I rang them – they said someone musy have pressed a wrong button. […]

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Dave [Silly Old Duffer] will probably be along soon, to explain about DDoS attacks.

MichaelG.

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by fizzy on 26/01/2020 08:02:22:

Im currently getting a new one every three minutes. I rang them – they said someone musy have pressed a wrong button. Well if thats the case theyve been up all night and are still pressing it

It'll be the Argos cat. Felines can't resist a computer keyboard…

Dave

[John HaineParticipant @johnhaine32865]

Well, I sort of hope it goes wrong, you might get 28 replacements?!

[nigel jones 5Participant @nigeljones5]

MichaelG – it is covered for any breakdown for three years from purchase date. I have never had one last two years (and never had extended warranty) so for £11 extra im sure I will get my monies worth. Ive now got 78 warranty policies.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by fizzy on 26/01/2020 10:29:52:

MichaelG – it is covered for any breakdown for three years from purchase date. I have never had one last two years (and never had extended warranty) so for £11 extra im sure I will get my monies worth. Ive now got 78 warranty policies.

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I’m sure that’s true … but what I was asking was whether you have a total of 78×3 years additional cover, or just 3 years of 78 policies running in parallel.

MichaelG.

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

I would check your bank balance to see if you are being charged for each one. I don’t doubt that Argos will sort things out but it could be inconvenient if they overdraw you.

Mike

[Bill PhinnParticipant @billphinn90025]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 26/01/2020 10:34:48:

what I was asking was whether you have a total of 78×3 years additional cover, or just 3 years of 78 policies running in parallel.

MichaelG.

I'd imagine the latter, Michael, since the date of issue of the warranty is probably a critical factor.

If I'm right, it means fizzy can, if necessary, get 78 replacement Dremels for the current one over the next three years. I believe a normal three year Argos warranty (i.e. a single policy, not 78) ends if you need a replacement, say, 18 months after purchase, and you would need to buy an additional three year warranty with the replacement if you wanted the same protection as originally.

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

So now you have 78 policies…

With the same number or different numbers?

Watch you don't delete the one that applies to the contract you signed

argh

[Mark RandParticipant @markrand96270]

Why does one need to buy an additional insurance based warrantee policy to cover something that the shop is legally liable for in the first place?

[nigel jones 5Participant @nigeljones5]

shop warranty 12 months, they last me about 18 months so should be worthwhile.

Ady1….all different policy numbers…here are a few more…

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