freddc1
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in antother week will be our maiden voyage of our new 20ft. tt. we've always been tenters so lots to learn. In reading the manuals since our deleivery and orientation I notice almost all of the appliance manuals have a request form for an extended warranty. i know with cars there's a lot of mixed opinions i'm not sure what what the conventional wisdom is on trailer appliances. the prices range from $25 on the furnace heat exchanger to $130 for extra year on fridge. Any thoughts, suggesitons would be appreciated. Thank you
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CloudDriver
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Our Motorhome is now 9 years old and we have had no service required on any of the appliances. I did have a problem with the water heater burner a couple of years ago that I resolved by clearing a spider web out of the burner tube.
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fla-gypsy
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Most extended warranties unless offered directly from the manufacturer are not worth the paper they are printed on. I have gotten very good service out of my RV appliances over the years. Some appliances are available cheaply enough that they have nearly become disposable (ie...Microwave ovens). The things that could get costly would be the furnace, the A/C, and surprisingly the refrigerator. I do not think the extra warranties are a good value but it depends solely on whats offered and for how much.
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Sandia Man
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Had the same offers in our TT packet but didn't opt for any. After 4 years all appliances working fine. Extended warranties are often a peace of mind type of thing and there is nothing wrong with that. We also declined the extended warranty on our TT as well but I'm pretty handy both mechanically and electronically so any issues or mods I have taken care of personally.
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gbopp
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We have a 96 Southwind with original appliances. They are all working just fine, I've never had any problems.
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josten367
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Never by the extended warranty on anything. Take the money you would have spent and put it in a Mutual Saving account and watch it grow fast. This is from Dave Ramsey. He says that by the time the warranty runs out you will have nothing if you purchased the warranty and a nice large down payment if you save you money in a Mutual fund. You decide.
I would say that if you are really worried about buy the TT and things breaking, then you probably should buy something else.
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Nosedive
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I bought an extended warranty when we purchased our TT back in December. After doing a lot more research (which I should have done before the purchase) I am regretting getting the extended warranty. Does anyone know if they can be cancelled and refunded if you cancel before the warranty actually starts because my factory warranty is still good until December.
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MitchF150
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There is no right or wrong answer that any of us can give you... 
There are probably more of us that have NOT purchased an extended warranty and have had NO problems with an appliance or rig in general..
But, there are those that have purchased one and got to use it because an item failed. For them, it paid off. If you buy one and don't use it, I guess you can look at it from the point of view that at least you didn't have to deal with it failing!
If an item is truly 'defective', it will usually fail within the first years use, which is usually the standard manufacture warranty period anyway.
I figure if something fails after that, I'll just pony up the $$ at that time to fix or replace it.
Initial cost might have a factor in deciding. I've read some posts on this where someone has a $200,000 + MH and purchased an extended warranty on it. His reasoning was that if the $40,000 engine fails, he's not going to be able to cover that out of pocket.. The 2 or 3 thousand dollar warranty was his backup. In that case, I'd say he purchased wisely. Even if his engine never fails, he's had the peace of mind of not blowing a $40,000 engine every time he started it!
When I declined the extended warranty on my rig, there wasn't an item in it that I could not replace out of pocket. If the rig itself held up for the 2 yr factory warranty, I figured it would be good after that.
To date, I've been lucky enough to have not needed one..
What I tell people is to do whatever will let you sleep at night.. By that I mean if not buying one keeps you up at night, then you should buy one! If buying one keeps you up, don't buy it!
Good luck with whatever path you choose to go down!
Mitch
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MitchF150
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Nosedive wrote:I bought an extended warranty when we purchased our TT back in December. After doing a lot more research (which I should have done before the purchase) I am regretting getting the extended warranty. Does anyone know if they can be cancelled and refunded if you cancel before the warranty actually starts because my factory warranty is still good until December.
It should be spelled out in the contract of the warranty if you can cancel and get either your entire amount back or at least the majority of it.
I think when I was given the option to buy one when I bought my trailer almost 10 years ago, they said that if I could cancel it or even still purchase it BEFORE the factory warranty expired.. That's just what I remember the sales guy saying... I never saw it in writing, because I declined it several times during the course of the deal...
Mitch
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rgolding
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Make yourself comfortable. Things that are lemons will go bad in the first year and you should have a warranty for at least that. If you question your decision, find out what an extended warranty costs and put that away in a savings account for when things go "aw cr*p".
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