Lenovo warranty resellers...

[ytumadretambien]

I recently purchased a X301 (which I love, btw), and am looking to buy ADP for it. While looking around I found a variety of websites that also sell what seems to be lenovo warranties for a much lower cost than what lenovo is quoting me (ex. http://www.pcsuperstore.com/products/G4 ... C9336.html). My questions are as follows:

1) Are these legit?
2) Are they actually serviced by Lenovo, or some other company?
3) How do they work anyways? i.e. Do I purchase the warranty from the website and then call Lenovo to apply it?
4) Is anybody willing to share their previous experience with buying lenovo warranties from other sellers?

Thanks!

[aau007]

As long as they are authorized Lenovo Partners, there should be no problem. However, your part number indicates that it is the 4 years warranty uplift, including Thinkpad protection (ADP - Accidental Damage Protection). As far as I can remember, ADP uplift has to be purchased within 90 days of your original purchase date of the notebook. Furthermore, there is no pro-rating of warranty coverage. This mean if you purchase a 4 years uplift after 60 days of purchase, the warranty is extended to 4 years from the original purchase date, NOT 4 years from your purchasing the uplift. You should also make sure the uplift part number can be used on your system. Lenovo partners are provided with a huge chart to determine which specific model uses which part number for what uplift.