New 360 Purchase Soon, BestBuy 2yr. Insurance Plan a Smart Move?

I will never understand why people are willing to throw away money for something that you are already covered for.... the next xbox will be out before your 3 year red ring warranty is up. mfp16

Its unnecessary for the Xbox 360. You have an extended 3 year warrenty already when you purchase the system. The only differance it would make is if you had a problem with the system you wouldn't have to ship it out, you could just walk in to a Best Buy store to exchange it.

Most Extended warrenties cover the exact same thing as the Microsoft 3 year warrenty.

I am still on the fence about this... I never would have thought of picking up the extra two years considering I've been an avid 360 player for a couple of years now and have yet to run into any problems. Granted the machines weren't mine, they were my roommates at school, but still we played all the time and never had any problems...ever. So I'm abroad now and am returning soon and have been researching a purchase of my own now for awhile and all I keep hearing about is RROD and error problems with everyone's system. It's almost like it's inevitable, thus the two year plan consideration. I don't know if we were all just very lucky to never run into any problems with the three to four systems we frequented, but I don't want to deal with boxing up my system and sending it to MS when I can drive down the road and have it taken care of....I don't know. How big of a hassle is it to deal with MS with returns and repairs?GSE03

Yes the System is known for having many hardware problems, however microsoft will cover the cost of shipping and the repair for the system if its under the warrenty. But, It will take 1-3 months before you can play the system again and sometime even longer. But it you want to spend $49.99 for an extended warrent best buy will make sure you walk out of there store with an xbox the same day you brought in a broken one.

get it dude i got it with my 360 pro last year i got the 3 red lights like 3 weeks ago and i went to best buy and they gave me a brand new one xbox custumer sercive is horrible plus it suck to be with out your 360 for 3 weeks while is being repair

If you have a Costco store in your area get your Pro from them. The warranty is 3 years, only save your receipt and packaging. If something happens they will refund your money no questions asked and you can get a brand new one. It is the only store I buy my consoles from.

buy the warranty. it is a great deal because u can just switch out the 360 with a new one. u would not have to wait for microsoft to ship u a box and then wait another couple of weeks to get it back. i bought insurance from gamestop i got a new one. a year later it E74 on me. iam2green

my thoughts exactly... yeah it may be covered but Ill spend 40 bucks to be able to drive 2 miles to my best buy and switch it out for a new one if this one breaks down and continue playing that same day...ive heard daunting stories about people who have waited long lonely months while their system was being repaired.

Is it a PRP (Product Replacement Plan)? If so, then get it, no doubt about it. I've had the PRP for every system and it's fantastic. If your system screws up, then you take it in and get a brand spankin' new console on the spot. And you get to upgrade to the latest and greatest SKU, which is nice.

I'll tell you what - I'm personally glad I paid for the BB warrenty - made sure it was a REPLACEMENT plan, not a SERVICE plan - SERVICE plan, they send out your unit and you wait - my REPLACEMENT plan allowed me to walk into BB the same day I for the E74 error and walked out that same day with a brand new one.

I play everyday, in fact I've got over 400 consecutive days of gaming (search my gamertag on 360voice.com to verify) - no idea what I would have done if I would ahve had to wait to send it out. So the $40 was well worth the money IMO

No Best Buy Warranty: You have to send it to MS, but it's free.

Best Buy Warranty: You can take it back to Best Buy and switch it, straight up. But you pay for it. Then they turn around, and get the free fix.

I'd say, don't get the Best Buy warranty. But if you think the price of the warranty is worth not having to wait for a new one from MS, then by all means, get it.

NOTE: The 1-3 months thing is complete BS. It's more like 1 month, TOPS!. The first time I sent in my 360, I called, box arrived the next day, I sent it out that same day, and I had my 360 back 6 DAYS later. So the entire process took 1 week. The second time, it took 3 weeks total, and that was over the holidays, so it's understandable.

Don't mislead the guy with this 1-3 months crap, getting him to spend more money than necessary.

Maybe if you're in Europe it takes a while, because I don't think there's an MS headquarters there. But I'm in Canada, Ontario to be more specific, and we have a headquarters about 2 hours from where I live.