Make Sure You Don’t Lose Out When Your Gagdets Go Wrong
Technology is great there is no doubt about that. With new recent breakthroughs in the form of the new iPhone being able to recognise voice recognition to the new announcement that Microsofts Project Natal for the Xbox 360 is set to have full body motion sensing capabilities with no wires and nothing plugged into you in any way at all.
However, what happens when a part inside breaks? Sometimes it can cost nearly as much as you paid for the item just to send it off for repair which is where companies are going wrong. The majority of the time when they go wrong, it’s down to the manufacturer for not making it well to begin with. Even though the Xbox 360 is clearly the more superior console in this current generation of console, it’s still hosting some flaws. The red rings of death. Now to any Xbox 360 owner, when they see the three red rings, it’s just the same as handing your wallet over to a thief. If your Xbox warranty is still in place, you won’t have to pay for the repair, however, if it is, you generally have to pay around 50 to repair a problem that should never have been there.
It always used to be a rare occurence if your N64 or Playstation 1 broke, however, we are still seeing the flow of broken Xbox’s, but we are also seeing Playstation 3′s and Nitendo Wii’s being sent away to be fixed. It could be down to the fact that this year has seen a record boom in the sale of computer games but it is more likely to be that manufacturers are more interested in shifting units than making a full proof package like they used too.
There are solutions now to avoid you having to fork out the cash and it comes from gadget insurance. This can be bought for up to 5 of any gadgets and it will set you back only 20 pound a month. Although this seems a lot it is cheaper than having to go out and pay for repairs to your products. This is mainly due to the fact that if for instance you were to drop your iPhone it would cost you around 100 to repair. So if you consider the maths, insuring 5 gadgets for 20 pounds a month isn’t too much to pay to avoid paying 100 pound everytime you drop your phone. As well as this when it comes to fixing consoles such as the Nintendo Wii it is actually cheaper to buy a new console than top fix it which again is going to cost you a whopping 180.
You don’t have to pay to insure 5 items though, whether it’s an iPod or an Xbox, you can simply pay for iPod insurance for cheaper. Unfortunately, a large number of home emergency insurance policies won’t cover damage to your gadgets like iPods and consoles.
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