r/ExtendedWarranty

So I just found out that in my country, Yamaha electronic keyboards basically get zero warranty if you buy them from Amazon. 😭

Which got me thinking… how important is a 3-year warranty for these keyboards really?

Like, do Yamaha keyboards usually last for years without issues, or is the warranty the only thing standing between me and an expensive paperweight with keys? 💀

Would genuinely love to hear from people who’ve owned Yamaha keyboards long-term. Have yours survived? Ever needed repairs? Or am I overthinking this?

 

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I've had a Roborock S7 for 2 years and the robot itself is great. Maps the whole house, avoids socks, mops well. The problem is everything it's actually made of seems disposable.

Repairs so far:

• Cliff sensor replacement: $40
• Left wheel module after gears started grinding: $60
• Battery replacement because it couldn't even  go through  one room at once anymore: $50

So that's $150 in parts in 2 years, not counting the time spent opening it up and watching repair tutorials on YT.

When I bought it, Best Buy offered me a 3 year protection plan for $90 and I declined because “it's Roborock, it's a premium brand.” Now I'm wondering what the point of brand reputation is if the parts actually holding the whole thing together fail this fast.

Do you think this is one of the situations where extended warranties make more sense since the core device is good but the parts are clearly designed to wear out?

My brother bought an ASUS ROG Strix from Best Buy for $1,100. Declined the Geek Squad protection plan ($230) because he didn't have the budget. I kept telling him I'd cover it. 

Then motherboard died 14 months in, two months after the manufacturer warranty expired.

Repair quote: $650 because the board is soldered in and replacing it means rebuilding half the machine. Equivalent new laptop: $1,200+. The protection plan would have covered the whole thing.

He went with the new laptop, but the money wasn't even the worst part. We spent the next week and a half recovering files from the dead drive, reinstalling his entire Steam/Adobe/dev setup, redoing all his authenticator apps because he never backed up his 2FA seeds (locked out of two accounts for days), and relogging into every banking/school/work account one by one.

I know this is not how it always works but something like laptops skipping protection is pretty risky. 

Anyone else here had motherboard failures specifically? Curious if that's the most common laptop killer or if I'm just scarred from watching this happen lol.

Hi all, I’m looking for some guidance on whether this situation is worth pursuing legally (likely small claims).

I purchased an Accidental Damage Protection plan (“Care Pack”) directly from HP for my laptop in September 2023. Before purchasing, I spoke with an HP agent via chat who verified my device eligibility and recommended the specific plan.

After purchase:

• HP issued an order confirmation and charged me
• The warranty showed as active in their system (coverage through 2026)
• HP performed multiple repairs under this plan, including one clearly marked “IN WARRANTY” with $0 charge

Later on, HP denied a claim and said:

• The Care Pack was “invalid” and internally canceled shortly after purchase
• It did not meet their policy requirements (timing/post-warranty rules)
• The repairs they already performed under the plan now count as “compensation” for the purchase

What’s confusing to me is:

• They sold the plan directly to me
• Their agent confirmed eligibility before purchase
• Their system showed it as active
• They actually performed repairs under it
• At no point during those repairs did they say the coverage was invalid

I’ve already:

• Filed BBB and Attorney General complaints (no resolution)
• Escalated to HP executive relations (denied again)
• Prepared a full documentation packet (purchase, chat logs, warranty status, repairs, emails, etc.)
• Drafted a demand letter before potentially filing in small claims

My main question:
Does a company have the ability to retroactively invalidate a service agreement after accepting payment and performing services under it?

And more practically:
Does this sound like a reasonable small claims case (breach of contract / misrepresentation), or am I missing something?

Not looking for emotional opinions, just trying to understand how this would be viewed from a legal standpoint.

Thanks in advance.

Location: Virginia