I don't know, but I can say this. Last Spring we bought a refrigerator from HH Gregg, and we were sold an HH Gregg warranty because they told us how difficult it would be to get service from the manufacturer should something break. As it would happen, the ice-maker broke a few months later, and when we called HH Gregg to take advantage of the speedy repair they promised us under their own warranty, they simply referred us to the manufacturer because it was still under their warranty. Sure enough, just as they had warned us, it was pretty much impossible to get service from the manufacturer, which left me wondering just what I had paid for.
I sincerely believe they are now making our everyday products to malfunction on purpose.
Remember how long a fridge, oven, washer and dryer would last? And actually work?
Today’s products are MEANT to break down....especially after the “warranty” expires.
You paid for their executives trip to Burmuda in the corporate jet, that’s what you paid for.
Extended warrantees are usually worthless, none of them are going to do jack if it is still under manufacturers warantee... for appliances/big ticket items. Some places do sell REPLACEMENT warantees, which generally are worthless as things don’t often break, but when they do, you simply bring it back to the store and take a new one right off the shelf.
Its a huge revenue stream for retailers, with rarely ever having to make a payout on them.