SONY Console Insurance

Hmm – I just got an email from Sony telling me:

“Sign up to Continuous Playâ„¢ for just £2.49 a month and we’ll replace your PSP® (PlayStation® Portable) or PlayStation®2 system within two working days if it develops a fault or becomes damaged by accident.”

Sounds good, and look there is a picture of a PSP in a dog bowl, it looks kind of broken. Dog slobber everywhere.

But hang on, lets read the terms and conditions.

Well this may be a good deal for some people, and £2.49 may not sound like much every month, but I`m always a little suspicious of these sorts of deals because you have know way of knowing how good they are until something goes wrong with your hardware. Although it tells you some things that are not covered, it doesn’t give examples of what sort of accidents are.
These deals are also designed to make money (not for you), so Sony are effectively gambling against their own build quality standards when you think about it.

I personally have never had a games console fail on me ever so its no good for me. I’m no betting man but the odds just don’t sound good enough.

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