[amayausers] Re: Service agreement
- From: "frank davis" <fadavis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 19:31:32 -0500
They really do have a guy that specializes in mother boards. He can go over
them and if there's not to much damage he can repair them
Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Fuller" <jack@xxxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 6:39 PM
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Service agreement
> Thanks for the update. At least now I know that if the MOBO goes bad I
> won't
> have to use the machine as a boat anchor. I can just take out a 2nd
> mortgage
> and replace it. (That's just a little bit of Idaho humor. I think it comes
> from isolation and altitude sickness.) I guess I should have used an
> emoticon at the end there but I get a crook in my neck trying to read
> them.
> I wonder if when you send your old mobo in for repair if they don't in
> reality just toss it and send you a new one? Kind of like cell phones?
> They
> say the cost is in the engineering of these things. The production costs
> are
> minimal. You know, like the first one is $5 million but the second one is
> $2.50.
> Jack Fuller
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of frank davis
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 4:04 PM
> To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Service agreement
>
>
> More information on mother board cost. I just checked with Melco. Here
> are
> the board costs at this time:
> New $1350
> Used $1150
> Repaired $ 750
>
> Frank
> Force Ten Embroidery
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "frank davis" <fadavis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 2:14 PM
> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Service agreement
>
>
>>I may be mistaken, but last I heard, a mother board was about $1400
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jack Fuller" <jack@xxxxxxxx>
>> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 2:02 PM
>> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Service agreement
>>
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>>> Connie
>>> I have been thinking about that too. Mine expires in July. I suppose one
>>> could look at the premium to guage what the liklihood of encountering a
>>> large expense might be. That is, if the issuer of the poliucy thinks
>>> they
>>> will have to pay off a large expense the premium will reflect it. $60 a
>>> month seems only a little more than the cost of servicing the policy. If
>>> the
>>> policy maintenace costs are 30% then the expected pay out might be $42 x
>>> 12
>>> or $504 per annum. I doubt if anyone will actually have a $504 annual
>>> expense on each machine but one never knows. As far as replacing a major
>>> componant such as a motherboard @ $7000, I think one has to consider
>>> that
>>> you can replace the machine for $8500. Would it not be better to replace
>>> the
>>> entire machine and get a new warranty? Techs charge $65 an hour or so
>>> plus
>>> travel. You have to pay a deductable plus travel expenses even on the
>>> warranty covered service items. My sense is that the critical parts have
>>> been replaced by now and all necessary upgrades have been made. Put a
>>> little
>>> maintenance money aside to cover tech calls and forget the policy. It is
>>> a
>>> bit of a gamble but not a huge one.
>>> Jack Fuller
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Captain Gold
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:23 AM
>>> To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [amayausers] Service agreement
>>>
>>>
>>> My original warranty period is just about up (It doesn't seem like it's
>>> been two years already), and I'd like people's opinions on the value of
>>> the
>>> extended warranty. Is it worth a credit card charge every month? Except
>>> for
>>> the recent hook issue, I've had no problems with my "girl" since she
>>> arrived.
>>>
>>> However, I know how most electronics and vehicles respond to a change in
>>> value - when we pay off a car it usually has instant problems, and when
>>> a
>>> manufacturer's warranty runs out it's a sign that we'll be repairing or
>>> buying a new piece of equipment fairly soon. (For example, we had an
>>> unexpected windfall of cash this week, and one of our rain gutters fell
>>> off
>>> the house to use up the cash).
>>>
>>> SO - is everyone out there purchasing the extended warranty or not - and
>>> why?
>>>
>>> Connie
>>>
>>>
>>> Wyvern Productions
>>> Painting masterpieces in thread.
>>> http://www.wyvernproductions.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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