Protect Your Money When Your Favourite Gadget Goes 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 it breaks down or you drop it? Many manufacturers are going wrong with repairs because it some cases, the price to repair the item is higher than the price you paid to buy it. A lot of the time it is their fault for not making the product as good as it should have been 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 3 red rings. 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. The only way to avoid paying around 50 pound for a repair is if your console is in warranty.
This never used to happen with consoles such as N64 and PS1 but now we are not only seeing failures from the 360 point of view but more and more PS3s and Nintendo Wiis are being sent off for repair. The reason for the rise in repairs could be down to the large amount of games that are being released recently so more people are playing their consoles, or it could simply be that the manufacturers are just churning out the consoles to make money and not fix problems.
There is now a solution to this that helps you save money, gadget insurance. You can purchase insurance for up to any 5 of your gadgets and it will cost you only 20 pounds a month. Although the price does seem high, it’s alot less than if you had to repair just one of your gadgets each month. 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 look at it from that perspective 20 a month for insuring five gadgets is a better deal than having to pay 100 for something that you could drop again and again. 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 Xbox 360 Insurance seperately. Unfortunately, a large number of home emergency insurance policies don’t cover your gadgets like iPods and gaming consoles.
