if I buy a laptop from a friend, and it works, but the laptop is not in
warranty. Can I buy a warranty?

what is the case for
toshiba
hp
sony
others?



thanks in advance

There are no 3rd party's that will unless there bought new. With Toshiba
you have 30days from new to buy one. The reason is, You buy one then
report it damaged and get it fixed.

jameshanley39******.co.uk wrote:
> if I buy a laptop from a friend, and it works, but the laptop is not in
> warranty. Can I buy a warranty?
>
> what is the case for
> toshiba
> hp
> sony
> others?
>
>
>
> thanks in advance
>

Kevin Weaver wrote:
> There are no 3rd party's that will unless there bought new. With Toshiba
> you have 30days from new to buy one. The reason is, You buy one then
> report it damaged and get it fixed.
>

well you could buy one they examine it , test it to be working, then
sell you a warranty. I guess they don't do that.

Generally not, although there may be some exceptions. Toshiba, in
particular, will only sell a warranty within 30 days of the purchase of
a new computer from an authorized Toshiba dealer.


jameshanley39******.co.uk wrote:
> if I buy a laptop from a friend, and it works, but the laptop is not in
> warranty. Can I buy a warranty?
>
> what is the case for
> toshiba
> hp
> sony
> others?
>
>
>
> thanks in advance
>

If you buy it from some online retailers they offer warranties you can
purchase from a third party warranty company called, IIRC, Square Trade.
Unfortunately this company doesn't offer warranties in all places. When I
bought my refurbished Dell from a retailer on EBay, I couldn't buy the
warranty they offered because of my location. The stated reason is
"regulatory issues." They offer warranties if you're located in 48 of the 50
states. I'm not sure about foreign countries.
The warranty they offered on my Dell was for 3 years, parts and labor
for something like $35-40.

Some state legislatures, in their infinite wisdom, have classified
extended warranties as "insurance" and made them subject to ALL of that
state's insurance laws, including that they can only be sold by licensed
insurance agents (oh yes, there's a lot of similarity between a double
indemnity modified whole-life life insurance policy and a 3-year
extended warranty on a laptop computer .......). To which most of the
manufacturers have responded by simply refusing to offer extended
warranties in those jurisdictions.


CJ wrote:
> If you buy it from some online retailers they offer warranties you can
> purchase from a third party warranty company called, IIRC, Square Trade.
> Unfortunately this company doesn't offer warranties in all places. When I
> bought my refurbished Dell from a retailer on EBay, I couldn't buy the
> warranty they offered because of my location. The stated reason is
> "regulatory issues." They offer warranties if you're located in 48 of the 50
> states. I'm not sure about foreign countries.
> The warranty they offered on my Dell was for 3 years, parts and labor
> for something like $35-40.
>
>

Thanks for the information, I didn't know that. I emailed the company
that sold the warranty offered when I bought my laptop and they just emailed
me back a form response with zero real answer to the question. I wish I'd
known that before or they'd just told me it was out of their hands and it
was the legislature that had made it impossible for them to sell in VA. You
are right, it's incredibly stupid to classify extended warranties as
insurance.

But, if certain states, such as VA, have classifed extended warranties
as "insurance" how do stores like Best Buy sell their extended store
warranties, aka protection plans? I've got the product protection plan for
my XBox 360, my digital camera and my HDTV from Best Buy, which of course I
paid good money for. I'd be mad as hell if I found out the warranty I
purchased (in a brick and mortar store, not from their web site) isn't valid
for the terms it says it is. Do you know what the legal difference is there?

"Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:45929b80$0$5263$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> Some state legislatures, in their infinite wisdom, have classified
> extended warranties as "insurance" and made them subject to ALL of that
> state's insurance laws, including that they can only be sold by licensed
> insurance agents (oh yes, there's a lot of similarity between a double
> indemnity modified whole-life life insurance policy and a 3-year
> extended warranty on a laptop computer .......). To which most of the
> manufacturers have responded by simply refusing to offer extended
> warranties in those jurisdictions.
>
>
> CJ wrote:
> > If you buy it from some online retailers they offer warranties you
can
> > purchase from a third party warranty company called, IIRC, Square Trade.
> > Unfortunately this company doesn't offer warranties in all places. When
I
> > bought my refurbished Dell from a retailer on EBay, I couldn't buy the
> > warranty they offered because of my location. The stated reason is
> > "regulatory issues." They offer warranties if you're located in 48 of
the 50
> > states. I'm not sure about foreign countries.
> > The warranty they offered on my Dell was for 3 years, parts and
labor
> > for something like $35-40.
> >
> >