Are you sure he was talking about Uru? Uru is one of the few (only?) MMO's that you actually can choose how many other people you want to hang with - that means you can go it alone, if you're so inclined.
On top of that, the first interation of Uru actually shipped as a single player (off the shelf) game that didn't even require connection to the server at all.
Motorola 1802 microprocessor. Hex keypad, cassette interface, video output, 2k ram. Oh and the CHIP-8 interpreter.
Had to build it.
Ah, the good old days.
By your logic, I can only repair/replace one major component of one major item purchased before I'm at a loss. If my TFT breaks, I've just spent all the "saved" money on a new screen. Now if something else is damaged, I'm at a loss. If something happens to my television, DVD player, iPod, or any other device, I'm completely screwed.
No, my logic is even more extreme. I actually expect that lots of my equipment won't break. Over the years, a whole lot of my equipment has not broken, or failed, or been dropped, or fried.
But if you want to play the odds and hope you don't have to undergo even as many as two major repairs on expensive electronic equipment...
Actually, I don't hope to undergo ANY major repair on expensive electronic equipement. Oddly enough, I don't seem to have to. Most of my equipment works just fine - throughout its lifetime.
The exceptions are easily covered by massive amounts of money (thousands of dollars) I've saved over the years by not purchasing extended warranties on everything.
If things actually broke as much as you claim they do. The stores would loose money like crazy on their extended warranty programs.
You're missing the point. (See the big EVER! in my post!)
The $250 you spent on this warranty, along with the $250 on the last one, and the $150 on the one before that, and the nickel and dimes (to death) that you spent on all of the "what the heck" warranties you could have ever bought, would EASILY cover the cost of the $600.
Unless you're the most unlucky person in the world, and everything you buy breaks within the extended warranty period.
It's just about the odds - the same odds that they use to MAKE tons of money off of these warranties.
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Are you sure he was talking about Uru? Uru is one of the few (only?) MMO's that you actually can choose how many other people you want to hang with - that means you can go it alone, if you're so inclined. On top of that, the first interation of Uru actually shipped as a single player (off the shelf) game that didn't even require connection to the server at all.
Movies at wohba.com... http://wohba.com/2005/05/diggin-out.html
for the Mac...
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http://www.macworld.com/2004/06/secrets/junegee
Fond memories (even if was only 1KB)
Motorola 1802 microprocessor. Hex keypad, cassette interface, video output, 2k ram. Oh and the CHIP-8 interpreter. Had to build it. Ah, the good old days.
Actually, I don't hope to undergo ANY major repair on expensive electronic equipement. Oddly enough, I don't seem to have to. Most of my equipment works just fine - throughout its lifetime.
The exceptions are easily covered by massive amounts of money (thousands of dollars) I've saved over the years by not purchasing extended warranties on everything.
If things actually broke as much as you claim they do. The stores would loose money like crazy on their extended warranty programs.
You're missing the point. (See the big EVER! in my post!) The $250 you spent on this warranty, along with the $250 on the last one, and the $150 on the one before that, and the nickel and dimes (to death) that you spent on all of the "what the heck" warranties you could have ever bought, would EASILY cover the cost of the $600. Unless you're the most unlucky person in the world, and everything you buy breaks within the extended warranty period. It's just about the odds - the same odds that they use to MAKE tons of money off of these warranties.
This is a no-brainer. If you never buy them - EVER! - you can take the money you will save and replace your own stuff when it breaks! Duh!