CompUSA warranty vs. direct Toshiba warranty

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Is there a reason this is posted twice?
"Kamal" <kamald2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I am planning on getting the laptop through CompUSA. I checked the
> warranty prices.
>
> CompUSA charges $500 for 3 years. They claim they will cover the
> accidental screen damage (twice during entire warranty), hard drive
> damage and other accidental damage INCLUDING batteries (batteries also
> covered twice during the entire warranty). When asked to compare their
> warranty against Toshiba warranty, they claimed that Toshiba only
> covers one repair per year i.e. if the keyboard has a problem, Toshiba
> will fix it. Now, if during the same year, keyboard has some problem
> again or the screen has a problem, I will have to wait till the second
> year of warranty for Toshiba to cover the repair !!!! If this is true,
> then people would be crazy to buy Toshiba plan. CompUSA will cover
> repairs any number of times per year. That makes the CompUSA warranty
> look GREAT.
>
> I called up Toshiba too. They charge $300 for 3 years (their
> systemguard warranty). They claim they cover all accidental damage
> EXCEPT batteries. And yes, they did confirm that they will cover only
> one accidental incident per year. The rep didn't seem to be too
> knowledgeable.
>
> Am I missing out some fine print in the CompUSA warranty ? or missing
> out on some great features being offered by Toshiba ??