----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Walker" Subject: Extended store warranty on Pentax glass worth-while?
> I'm interested in comments on what PDMLers think about extending the > Pentax factory warranty (2 years in Canada) with an extended warranty. > My impression is that Pentax lenses, especially such as the Limited > ones, are very rugged and reliable and so an extended warranty is a > waste of money. > > Background: <snip> > So, would you have taken the warranty on this lens? Am I leaving myself > open to an expensive repair bill 3 years from now, or did I shrewdly > avoid a "store tax"? If a lens works flawlessly for the first couple of years of it's life, the odds are pretty much 100% that anything that derails it after that will be something that voids the warranty anyway (impact, for example), so you are going to have an expensive repair bill, warranty or no warranty. If you really want insurance, bump up your homeowners package instead, and make sure that your camera equipment is covered for all losses. Extended warranties are, for the most part, a waste of money. When I sold camera for Astral Photo, they pushed us really hard to sell extended warranties, IIRC, one Christmas season the spiff on a warranty was close to 30%, and we were told that it was a pure profitmaker, as the claims % was really small. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
