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October 6th, 2004 19:00
Accidental Damage Policy
I asked this question in another forum, but I'm interested in more thoughts. Have any of you with the accidental damage policy thought about kicking your lap top down a few flights of stairs toward the end of the coverage period? It would seem like an accidental fall would be hard to tell apart from an intentional one... no?
Thoughts? My rig is fairly new and I wouldn't actually do this, but curiosity has the best of me and I wonder if anyone has considered it!!
-JR
mattcowger
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October 6th, 2004 19:00
But yes, an accident would be difficult distinguish from a intentional action.
JRfromMD
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October 6th, 2004 20:00
I guess I am more concerned that something bad WOULD happen to my computer and the Dell will try to tell me it was intentional when it was really an accident and not cover it!! Luckily, I'm not too clumsy (knock on wood!!)
-JR
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October 6th, 2004 23:00
NemesisDB
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October 6th, 2004 23:00
well i legitimately spilled water on mine (1year old, coverage lasts for 3) and managed to kill the keyboard (hard to miss it), the touchpad (i assume its connected), the mainboard (nice $500 there), the video card (just bad luck on the side of the spill i suppose), and the heatsink/fan assembly (although they may have just replaced that for dust). I got a new case as well.
Just keep in mind should you do anything bad, the parts you're getting will be refurbs and your warranty will be almost up. If my system is running solid after 3years I would never think of doing that.
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JRfromMD
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October 13th, 2004 14:00
Oh, well that answers another question I had... about refurbished parts. So, if I drop my notebook next month and have to get some parts replaced, I'm not really getting new gear. They don't tell you that!!!
I bought an expensive policy that will basically turn my new laptop into a junkyard of refurb parts if something accidentally happens. That's disappointing. Maybe I shouldn't have bothered with this insurance policy, it was kinda a knee jerk purchase.
Thanks for the help guys.
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October 13th, 2004 14:00