Murphy dictates that since you now have asked, if you buy the warranty you will have no problems, and if you don't, you will. So you might as well buy it now. 
Cost for extended manufacturer warranty on a Bosch refrigerator
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Do you have reason to worry about the reliability of this refrigerator model, that drives you towards wanting an extended warranty? The reason I ask is that, if the picture you show is the actual model refrigerator you are asking about, it looks like you have picked a refrigerator that should be very reliable.
Most important is there is no in-door ice dispenser. From what I have read and been told by people in the kitchen appliance industry, in-door ice makers account for almost as many refrigerator service calls than all other refrigerator issues combined. Particularly when the ice maker is in the refrigerator.
Second, from what I have been told from appliance salesmen at large retaile4rs, who sell most all major brands, Bosch makes some of the most reliable refrigerators on the market.
Most important is there is no in-door ice dispenser. From what I have read and been told by people in the kitchen appliance industry, in-door ice makers account for almost as many refrigerator service calls than all other refrigerator issues combined. Particularly when the ice maker is in the refrigerator.
Second, from what I have been told from appliance salesmen at large retaile4rs, who sell most all major brands, Bosch makes some of the most reliable refrigerators on the market.
@GON, If you can afford the six year warranty, you can afford not to have a warranty, LOL. j/k.
Thinking about this more carefully, does the data show the typical high infant mortality that levels off? Do not most folks complain, "One month after the factory warranty expired the thing started acting up!"
Then extending the mfg warranty 1 extra year for a reasonable $250 bucks may just be the ticket!
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Thinking about this more carefully, does the data show the typical high infant mortality that levels off? Do not most folks complain, "One month after the factory warranty expired the thing started acting up!"
Then extending the mfg warranty 1 extra year for a reasonable $250 bucks may just be the ticket!
- Arco
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I am working OCONUS, and have a lovely wife but she doesn't want to deal with any issues. If a warranty took a "risk" from me while working OCONUS, it is something I would want to review as a COA.
Earlier today had a service tech come to the home to reset a tripped electrical breaker. I walked her to the electrical box on Sunday, but she could identify a tripped breaker.
I posted this thread primarily to share the price of a warranty- it seemed high. What was discovered after starting the thread is the manufacturer doesn't administer the warranty, and the third party administer appears to have a strong financial incentive to deny warranty claims.
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In just a few days after moving into the home we purchased last summer, the LG refrigerator failed. I came from a "generation" the refrigerators rarely fail and last a very long time. The LG failure brought attention that today's refrigerators may not be of the same reliability/ quality of refrigerators manufactured a few decades ago.
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Knocking on wood our house is mostly all Bosch and we have been super satisfied.
I know what you are talking about. In my early years, my parents decided it was time for a new, modern refrigerator, with a separate freezer. Functionally, there was nothing wrong with the old early '50's style refrigerator. So it went downstairs and was used to store big items such as watermelon. It was still running when my parents decided there was no reason for a second refrigerator, after all the kids were married and moved out.
Today, I believe the average life expectancy of a refrigerator is about 6 years. But that's at least partly the consumer's fault. If we didn't want nifty see through doors, ice dispensers, etc, etc, I suspect that refrigerators would last much longer. Except for issues like the LG compressor failures.
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Actually Costco does. That's why I got our gas dryer from The Home Depot. I like having half the warranty for the same price.
I need to remind myself Costco tends to do better on everything (never believed in auto buying services, until I tried it), not just things in the warehouse club
Getting off task here, and not helping out GON in this post, but there are some good warranties available from appliance stores, for quite reasonable prices. I bought a new LG refrigerator in early '23 from RC Willey, a local furniture store that has grown into several stores. They offered me a 5 year warranty for $190. In addition, I got another 2 year extension on the warranty from an annual membership. The membership includes other benefits, like free shipping and 2.5% cash back on all purchased during the year, so other benefits had already more than paid for the membership, and the 2 year warranty extension was essentially free.
The 8 year warranty really relieved a lot of my fears over buying an LG refrigerator.
The 8 year warranty really relieved a lot of my fears over buying an LG refrigerator.
Let's hope the LG appliances they sell in Costco will last. Between no question ask return and LG's reputation of bad reliability (phone and refrigerator especially), it is hard to tell.Actually Costco does. That's why I got our gas dryer from The Home Depot. I like having half the warranty for the same price.
I need to remind myself Costco tends to do better on everything (never believed in auto buying services, until I tried it), not just things in the warehouse club
If I want reliability I would probably get a 90s used fridge and disconnect the water line. Mine is from 94 and still going.
No third-party warranties for me, ever. My Honda dealer in NC offered me one for my new Pilot. I wondered why it wasn't a Honda extended warranty. Those third-party warranties are winners for the seller, not the buyer.
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might want to double check alot of these went away.
including costco's double warranty with the costco credit card.
Well said, the only reason extended warranties are offered is because of the multi hundred percent profit on them.
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Fully concur. What I found surprising was the numbers. Six year extended warranty in a refrigerator over $1,000 USD. And the warranty isn't even administered by the refrigerator manufacturer, yet the refrigerator manufacturer is the seller of the warranty.
If the six year warranty was in the $400-500 USD price range, I might consider it simply as a solution for my wife while I work OCONUS. At over
$1k USD, no value I can find. Especially when a third party is the administrator of the warranty.
Almost thinking Bosch doesn't want to sell the warranty, but will if you pay a super high premium.
While obviously not as complex as a fridge, Samsung front-load washers and dryers don’t have the greatest track record. I got about 2 years out of the dryer before it broke. Called for Samsung repair (circa 2015) and the price was $250 for the call, plus parts. Did some research, the tensioner is a plastic-on-smooth-metal “roller” which gets hot, melts, wheel falls off and drive belt goes limp. Found a revised version with roller bearing, has ranged from $9-14 on Amazon, and ordered one. About 35 minutes, a small blood donation, and enough curse words to make Dave Chappelle blush, it was fixed. That was 10 years ago, and it’s still running, still on the original drive belt. I’ve since done several other friends’ dryers, and have the swap time down to about 15 minutes and no bandaids.
Circa 2017 I had a similar issue with the heating element, about $15 for the element or $60 for the assembly- buy the assembly. Had 2 drain pumps go over the years at about $15 each. About February of this year, my inverter drive for the washer rotator went out. $65 and you don’t even have to pop the top off the washer to replace! Considering these things were $1600ish new and even more than that now and that most people are replacing theirs every 4-7 years, I consider the ~$125 I’ve spent on replacement parts worth at least $4k since that’s what 2 sets would have run in the meantime.
All that under the bridge, I bought the absolute simplest, highest CR-rated fridge with no French doors, no drawers, no ice or water dispensers, and it’s never needed a single thing even though the kids and grandkids probably open the door 75 times per day. Frigidaire Elite.
@GON, If you can swing the warranty, I’d probably get it for your personal reasons you shared; or else put that warranty money towards a commercial-grade appliance that should never need a warranty in the first place. Which is sadly, becoming supremely rare these days!
Yeah, I can understand wanting the peace of mind for your wife.
It can be unsettling being it is a third party warranty. At the right price, since it is Bosch selling you the warranty at least there would be recourse if the third party provider is not dependable. Im sure the third party has to perform in order to have Bosch's business.
I do not buy extended warranties. Majority are 3rd party and subbed out to locals who are getting their foot in the door to establish a business. Also they do not like to pay servicers in a timely manner if they even pay. Techs have to call into the Ins. Co. to get authorization for the simplest parts, and many Ins. companies ship parts to the client directly. Wrong parts sent are the norm. Most folks on here are more savvy than the call takers at the insurance Co's. servicers have to deal with.
Next is getting a Co. out to service your equipment in your area in a timely fashion. Rural, good luck.
Reef down for a week or two is common as most parts are not stocked anymore with the revolving design changes in the industry continuously happening so little commonality in truck stock parts anymore like we had 20 yrs ago.
A few years back LG compressors would routinely fail within the sealed system warranty, replacement pump was the same one that failed, no upgraded improved compressor.
Only Whirlpool built or branded appliances in my house. Every other brand is fully offshore now.
Retired now 6 yrs. with 46 yrs. as a onsite tech. for Sears / A&E dealing with 3rd parties never mind Sears itself.
Next is getting a Co. out to service your equipment in your area in a timely fashion. Rural, good luck.
Reef down for a week or two is common as most parts are not stocked anymore with the revolving design changes in the industry continuously happening so little commonality in truck stock parts anymore like we had 20 yrs ago.
A few years back LG compressors would routinely fail within the sealed system warranty, replacement pump was the same one that failed, no upgraded improved compressor.
Only Whirlpool built or branded appliances in my house. Every other brand is fully offshore now.
Retired now 6 yrs. with 46 yrs. as a onsite tech. for Sears / A&E dealing with 3rd parties never mind Sears itself.
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