Warranty cover for all household appliances - where from?

[Kentish]

We bought an integrated dish washer this weekend and the supplier offered us extended cover on just this one appliance for £4.99 a month over 5 years or a one off fee of about £150 IIRC. We didn't bother....

This got me thinking, I'm sure we can get parts and labour cover on all our household electrical applicances for a similar cost, shirley?

Anyone have anything like this, or suggest a good place to buy this kind of cover?

TIA

[Plotloss]

London General Holdings or theres another one, its American and hasnt been over here long, cant remember the name though.

They are far more competitive and a significantly better service than any company that may have a Swan in its logo.

[Kentish]

Cheers Matt

I'll have another google.

[T5-R]

If you Google for "extended warranty cover" or something like that, you'll get a host of independant companies who are will to part your money from you.

However, extended warranty cover is the biggest con on the high street today, IMO. You end up paying the equivalent of another appliance for so called piece of mind, just in case your current one breaks down.

I find the manufacturer's normally offer a decent enough warranty with appliances anyway.

[themaskedavenger]

The one with the swan is Domestic and general www.domgen.com

They do most of the UK warranties I think dont know if you can buy direct or not.

[BliarOut]

Some credit cards allow you to register up to five purchases a year for free insurance. Just give them the details and it's covered.

[Plotloss]

themaskedavenger said:

The one with the swan is Domestic and general www.domgen.com They do most of the UK warranties I think dont know if you can buy direct or not.

You can buy direct but I wouldnt advise it.

In fact I wouldnt advise purchasing extended warranty at all.

Its a scam, a close look at the claims ratios will tell you that...

[WWESTY]

I reckon only one worth getting is for washing machine.....

[Kentish]

Plotloss said:

themaskedavenger said: The one with the swan is Domestic and general www.domgen.com They do most of the UK warranties I think dont know if you can buy direct or not. You can buy direct but I wouldnt advise it. In fact I wouldnt advise purchasing extended warranty at all. Its a scam, a close look at the claims ratios will tell you that...

I think I'll forget it

Have a read of my British Gas post.

Think that says it all really!

[deva link]

In theory you can get stuff fixed for 5yrs anyway, under the Sale of Goods act - the item should last a reasonable length of time. I always assumed this was why the extended warranty's run for 5 yrs.

Enforcing your rights is the tricky bit, although Tading Standard will help you. I got a video recorder repaired after 3 yrs but it was a bit of a palava, and I couldn't have gone through the same thing with, say, a washing machine.

I guess what you pay for is peace of mind - you can phone the warranty company up (rather than having to hunt around and find someone yourself) and they'll come and fix it. You've also got a degree of comeback if they mess it up.

[Plotloss]

Trading standards will be very helpful.

Last year they had 300,000 leaflets printed and distributed in a shopping centre advising people to not buy extended warranty...