Extend the warranty more than once..?

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Extend the warranty more than once..?

#1 Post by goji » Mon Jun 02, 2014 8:39 am

One of my Thinkpad's warranty's ending. Unfortunatly it was extended originally for Drive+ so now i'm told i can't extend anymore.. But i'm sure i've seen people reporting extending again, how did you do that?

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#2 Post by ajkula66 » Mon Jun 02, 2014 12:23 pm

AFAIK that was never possible. One shot is all you have for upgrading/extending warranties on ThinkPads.
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Re: Extend the warranty more than once..?

#3 Post by goji » Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:27 pm

[censored] i wish i knew before buying it.. :( If by chance someone knows how to "hack" a rep to get more extension, let us know :mrgreen:

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Re: Extend the warranty more than once..?

#4 Post by Ibthink » Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:45 pm

If your ThinkPad for example had a 3 year warranty from the start, and you extended it to a 4 year warranty, then it would be possible to delete the old warranty extension and buy an extension for 5 years. But only if your ThinkPad is still in warranty and if the warranty isn´t 5 years long anyway.
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#5 Post by ajkula66 » Mon Jun 02, 2014 9:21 pm

Ibthink wrote:If your ThinkPad for example had a 3 year warranty from the start, and you extended it to a 4 year warranty, then it would be possible to delete the old warranty extension and buy an extension for 5 years. But only if your ThinkPad is still in warranty and if the warranty isn´t 5 years long anyway.
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I've never heard of "deleting" an existing extension...and I've done many a warranty upgrades in my time.
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Re: Extend the warranty more than once..?

#6 Post by sktn77a » Sat Jul 26, 2014 9:17 pm

I don't think Lenovo offers 5 year warranties any longer (but I would be delighted to be proved wrong).
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Re: Extend the warranty more than once..?

#7 Post by Ibthink » Sun Jul 27, 2014 1:14 am

sktn77a wrote:I don't think Lenovo offers 5 year warranties any longer (but I would be delighted to be proved wrong).

I don´t know about the US, but here in Germany, they still do offer 5 year warranties: http://www.campuspoint.de/5ps0a23079-fl-4494.html
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