Posts Tagged ‘Shopping Advice’

Imagine yourself standing in line at Best Buy to buy new laptop. As you stand there you feel yourself in the “outer body experience” of joy and wonder. You’ve been scrimping and saving for 5 months! You are actually holding the brand new unopened box in your hands! You can’t wait to take it home, boot it up, and play with it. Your thoughts of bliss screech are  interrupted by the teenage cashier who mindlessly asks “Do you want to the protection plan for this laptop? It’s $199.”

One Hundred Ninety Nine Dollars! That’s like 35% of the total $799 cost! Wow. Is that worth it?

I’ve been asked these questions over and over for the past 10 years. Ah – the protection plan. Every major big box seller has one. Best Buy, Fry’s, Staples, Radio Shack, on and on. Always when you’re in the middle of the purchase some type of sales person interjects one reason or another to buy their plan. Madness. Read the rest of this entry »