However, what do you do when something go wrong? Many manufacturers are going wrong with repairs because it some cases, the price to repair the item is higher than the price you paid to buy it. A large number of cases is never down to the user, normally it’s because the product wasn’t made correctly to begin with. Although the Xbox 360 is a powerful console in which critics have named so far the best console of the new generation it does fail in one major thing. The red rings. Now to any Xbox 360 owner the three red rings would be like handing your wallet over to a criminal. The only way to not pay for a repair is if your console is still within warranty, if not, you will have to ship it off and they will charge you around 50 pound for a problem that should not be a problem.
This never used to happen with consoles such as N64 and PS1 but now we are not only seeing failures from the 360 point of view but more and more PS3s and Nintendo Wiis are being sent off for repair. It could be down to the fact that this year has seen a record boom in the sale of computer games but it is more likely to be that manufacturers are more interested in shifting units than making a full proof package like they used too.
There are solutions now to avoid you having to fork out the cash and it comes from gadget insurance. This can be purchased to cover up to five of any gadgets you can think of for just under 20 a month. The price may seem slightly high, but if you consider having to pay for just one gadget to be repaired each month, you would end up paying more. This is mainly because if you were ever to drop one of your gadgets like an iPhone, it would set you back around 100 pound to repair. If you think about the money, paying 20 pound every month to insure 5 gadgets is a good price, rather than spending 100 pound every time you drop your iPhone. Also, for fixing items like a Nintendo Wii, they tend to charge you more money than you actually paid for the console to begin with.
You are not required to insure 5 items if you don’t want to, you can simply pay for iPod insurance seperately. Unfortunately, the majority of home emergency insurance policies won’t cover damage to your gadgets like iPods and consoles.
