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samclem · 03-09-2006, 12:24 PM

CFB,
Yep, figured out the Sears service plan thang. For $200 (after the machine was already broken) they gauranteed they'd fix the machine or, if it couldn't be fixed for $500 in parts/labor, they'd give me $500 in credit toward another washer. I knew it couldn't be fixed for $500, so I was basically buying a $500 coupon for $200. It was supposed to be used only toward a washer, but after some animated conversation with the appliance dept manager they gave us credit toward a stove. (My wife says I threatened to return the old washer right to the front door of the store one night, and that they'd know it was mine because it would be on fire. I don't think I said that).

Anyway, the $300 credit took a lot of the sting out of the early demise of the washer, and it was totally legit. I thought there was a time limit on how old the machine could be.

03-09-2006, 12:24 PM	#16
samclem Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 4,313	CFB, Yep, figured out the Sears service plan thang. For $200 (after the machine was already broken) they gauranteed they'd fix the machine or, if it couldn't be fixed for $500 in parts/labor, they'd give me $500 in credit toward another washer. I knew it couldn't be fixed for $500, so I was basically buying a $500 coupon for $200. It was supposed to be used only toward a washer, but after some animated conversation with the appliance dept manager they gave us credit toward a stove. (My wife says I threatened to return the old washer right to the front door of the store one night, and that they'd know it was mine because it would be on fire. I don't think I said that). Anyway, the $300 credit took a lot of the sting out of the early demise of the washer, and it was totally legit. I thought there was a time limit on how old the machine could be. __________________ "Freedom begins when you tell Mrs. Grundy to go fly a kite." - R. Heinlein