[lug] OT: Great Laptop Deal @ Flatirons Best Buy

[Ken MacFerrin]

[snip]
> Well, of course - EM had a manufacturer's defect in the hinges that  
> hook the LCD to the main case and stress cracks have begun forming  
> (google for eMachines hinges to see photos... not fun...).  Anyway, I  
> stop by Best Buy to take advantage of this extra money I've spent and  
> find out that they will gladly send the laptop off for three weeks to  
> their repair facility and won't do an in-store replacement.  (The model  
> is discontinued, but I specifically asked about that -- the sales wonk  
> said they'd replace with a like model if the model was no longer  
> available.)
> 
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If it makes you feel any better, they actually have an eMachine display 
model still sitting out with the same lid cracks..  I asked about it and 
they were willing to take off a whopping 10%... gee, what a deal.

Personally, I've never purchased a retail warranty on anything, 
especially from BB.  To me it's kind of like Vegas... If the odds were 
in my favor they wouldn't offer it.
-Ken