Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!lll-winken!sun-barr!newstop!sun!amdahl!key!russ From: russ@key.COM (Russell Donnan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Apples Warranty Sucks (was Re: LaCie...) Message-ID: <1124@key.COM> Date: 28 Sep 89 21:33:05 GMT References: <89092403144572@masnet.uucp> <524@cpdaux.UUCP> <32434@srcsip.UUCP> <1989Sep26.124447.23473@hellgate.utah.edu> <5439@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Reply-To: russ@xanadu.key.COM (Russell Donnan) Organization: Amdahl, Key Computer Laboratories, Fremont Lines: 24 In article <5439@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> heberlei@iris.ucdavis.edu (Todd) writes: > >If it can be done, I would recommend purchasing your Apple computer on >an American Express card to get the extended one year warranty. I >wish I would have done that-I just forked out about $270 to extend my >warranty. Has anyone out in NetLand done this or knows if it will >work? > >Todd Heberlein >heberlei@iris.ucdavis.edu 128.120.57.20 Yes, purchasing your Mac with American Express would increase your warranty, but it would DOUBLE it, not make it one year. That means 180 days, -or- 6 months to you and me. i.e. not much of a difference for the sake of paying off an $8,000+ charge in one month. -Russ --------------------------------------- Russ Donnan Amdahl, Key Computer Labroatories, Fremont, CA, USA (415) 623-2121, russ@key.amdahl.com, ...!{pacbell,amdahl,sgi}!key!russ DISCLAIMER: I am not affiliated in any way with American Express or any of their competitors for that matter. Amdahl may or may not share my views. I haven't asked them! ;-)