"PipeDown" wrote in message
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No comment on Maytag but #2. A really good deal is to maintain your home
warranty after you buy the house. They often cost less than an extended
warranty for any one appliance and it protects your entire home and all
appliances in it even the old ones. Making a claim is also easier as all
you do is make a call and pay a small deductable. These warranties can be
extended yearly and indefinately.

Do they really pay out that easily? There must be a million and one
loopholes -- or do they actually pay out to the point of replacing
appliances that have legitimately worn out or reached the end of their
service life? And if they do, have you put more money into the plan than
you've actually gotten out of it?

We have the service plan from the local gas company -- covers hot water
heater, dryer, furnace, stove and we added the central AC as an add-on.

We got our burners all rebuilt on the stove -- but getting parts took 3
months. Two dryer repairs, a new heating element and the drum unit "skid
pads" replaced. The water heater got "red tagged" -- they wouldn't replace
it, but would give us 10% towards a new one.

Up to this point we're at best break even and more than likely 25% in the
hole. I'm holding on until the spring (AC needs work then, and repair plan
customers get priority response for furnace problems in the winter) and then
dropping it in favor of just dumping $50 a month into savings. I figure for
$600 a year I can replace all my appliances every 7 years or at least pay
for repairs if they become necessary.