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So I dropped my laptop about 2 feet. I turned it on afterwards and it did work although the screen was all messed up with funky green and yellow lines running across it. I restarted hoping that just maybe they would go away. The windows boot screen came up just fine, but after loading for a few minutes, the screen washed out to grey and stayed there. I hooked the laptop up to my tv via S-video cable and there was a blue screen of death claiming ati2dvag stuck in loop, blah blah blah.
It is a dell laptop, and upon logging in to dell to check out my waranty info, I saw that my waranty was up over a year ago, but Dell is offering to sell me an extended waranty including Complete Care which covers things like dropped laptops and spills. The cost of buying into the extended plan is slightly over $200 for another 2 years of coverage. Basically my question is this, is it some sort of fraud if I buy this extended coverage and then ask them to fix my broken laptop a day or two later? I imagine that $200 to fix what was a perfectly good 3 year old $1500+ laptop is a good deal. I am just concerned that the availability of this extended coverage is to good to be true. Any help, stories, or opinions would be much appreciated.
It is a dell laptop, and upon logging in to dell to check out my waranty info, I saw that my waranty was up over a year ago, but Dell is offering to sell me an extended waranty including Complete Care which covers things like dropped laptops and spills. The cost of buying into the extended plan is slightly over $200 for another 2 years of coverage. Basically my question is this, is it some sort of fraud if I buy this extended coverage and then ask them to fix my broken laptop a day or two later? I imagine that $200 to fix what was a perfectly good 3 year old $1500+ laptop is a good deal. I am just concerned that the availability of this extended coverage is to good to be true. Any help, stories, or opinions would be much appreciated.
