PS3 Extended Warranty

Kemik · 18 Mar 2007 at 11:29

Hello all,

I have a choice of two different places to pre-order my PS3. One offers extended warranty (£35 for 3 years inc accidental damage) and the other store doesn't.

Do you think I'll need extended warranty?

Shop One
PS3 + two games + warranty = £540

Shop Two
PS3 + one game + free blu-ray movie (X-Men 3) = £460

What do you reckon?

Darkaber · 18 Mar 2007 at 11:33

I would take the extra warranty tbh.

Kemik · 18 Mar 2007 at 11:39

Remember you get one years free warranty from Sony.

Darkaber · 18 Mar 2007 at 11:43

Kemik said:
Remember you get one years free warranty from Sony.

Yeah i know but for a little extra you get the extra 2 years

Thats what im going to do anyway.

Kemik · 18 Mar 2007 at 11:50

It's a shame Shop two doesn't do extended warranty. I only really wanted Resistance but I've had to go with Motorstorm too because you need to get the two game bundle. Plus Shop two gives a free blu-ray movie. That would make my collection up to two

Steedie · 18 Mar 2007 at 11:52

hey Kemik

Don't suppose you could email me those shops, I've got my preorder with probably the biggest games retailer, but when I went in yesterday they still didnt know about any of the bundles they were doing

So was wondering if any of those bundles you listed were with the place I'm with

EDIT - just noticed you cant access the Trust panel yet to get my email, never mind

But the biggest games retailer? Surely able to tell from that

Darkaber · 18 Mar 2007 at 11:53

Kemik said:
It's a shame Shop two doesn't do extended warranty. I only really wanted Resistance but I've had to go with Motorstorm too because you need to get the two game bundle. Plus Shop two gives a free blu-ray movie. That would make my collection up to two

You cant go to wrong tho with having Resistance and Motorstorm as they are the best launch games for the system

Kemik · 18 Mar 2007 at 11:56

Steedie said:
hey Kemik

Don't suppose you could email me those shops, I've got my preorder with probably the biggest games retailer, but when I went in yesterday they still didnt know about any of the bundles they were doing

So was wondering if any of those bundles you listed were with the place I'm with

EDIT - just noticed you cant access the Trust panel yet to get my email, never mind But the biggest games retailer? Surely able to tell from that

Four letters. I pre-ordered yesterday. All the shops seem to be changing what they offer as the days go past.

They had COD3, Resistance, Motorstorm, and three others (forgot the names). It was either COD3 or Motorstorm for me. I was defiantly getting RFOM

Steedie · 18 Mar 2007 at 11:58

Kemik said:
Four letters. I pre-ordered yesterday. All the shops seem to be changing what they offer as the days go past.

Ok same place then, hmmm will give them a ring in a bit, would like to know roughly how much I'm spending before the day lol

£540 is a bit much, but then I spose the £50 deposit takes it down to just under 500 which is roughly what I'm expecting

Kemik · 18 Mar 2007 at 12:02

Remember the warranty costs £35. If you don't want it, you don't have to pay that. Saves you £35.

Orion21 · 18 Mar 2007 at 15:20

Have a look at the popular Jersey based online retailer for PS3 bundles, they do some good value ones imo, well as good as any other I have seen anyway.

Like this + Sony Playstation 3 PS3 Console With 60GB HDD & 3 Games (MotorStorm / Genji / Resistance: Fall of Man) + FREE HDMI cable + Click (Blu-Ray) + for £524.99.

Get fair bit for that money, although personally I think the PS3 is too expensive atm but thats personal opinion.

Joebob · 18 Mar 2007 at 15:40

Personally I wouldn't go for extended warranties as I would just use the Sale of Goods act to get the desired result, but if you can't be bothered with the hassle then £35 is good value for the extended warranty imo.

Steedie · 18 Mar 2007 at 15:41

I wont bother to be honest, I'll get the standard 1 year Sony offer, then if it looks like its the same case with the 360, I'm sure Sony will offer their own form of extended warranty and I'll get that

Kemik · 18 Mar 2007 at 19:10

Yeah I think I'll do the same as Steedie and hope Sony offer an extended warranty. Only gib there is that you'd have to wait a few days as there isn't a store you can just walk in to.

As for the Jersy retailer, I don't want Genji or Motorstorm (sort of) that much and Click sucks

^TANK^ · 18 Mar 2007 at 19:13

Darkaber said:
I would take the extra warranty tbh.

REDD555 · 20 Mar 2007 at 08:22

Steedie said:
I've got my preorder with probably the biggest games retailer, but when I went in yesterday they still didnt know about any of the bundles they were doing

So was wondering if any of those bundles you listed were with the place I'm with

Wouldn't worry. They pricematch any other place local anyway so just demand your free copy of Xmen or say you'll walk round the corner and get it from there! £15 in vouchers is about the same though (towards a game or extra controller?).

kinggost · 20 Mar 2007 at 10:09

Steedie said:
I wont bother to be honest, I'll get the standard 1 year Sony offer, then if it looks like its the same case with the 360, I'm sure Sony will offer their own form of extended warranty and I'll get that

Dont think it will be as cheap as £35 though. Im going to take it because what is another £35 if im spending like £600 allready. Might just buy a few games then buy some on line to save me bit of money.