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Old 08-11-2023, 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
My recommendation is to not buy a home warranty at all. They are a ripoff. Budget and self insure for home repairs. You will have more control and can hire high quality repair companies, and you can decide when you want to repair or replace an appliance. With a home warranty, you have no control about who will show up, when they will show up, or whether the appliance should be repaired or replaced.
I totally agree. That’s what we do. I don’t buy appliance extended warranties either. Recently needed to replace 5 large appliances; paid for them with points on our credit card that we had saved for that purpose.