Should I buy an extended warranty on new Kitchenaid?

Extended warranties are like buying a life insurance policy, and I don't believe in buying a life insurance policy on anything but a life.

The manufacturer's warranty is usually enough to cover you for any immediate problems due to defects that might show up right away.

I think it's a waste of money for something that they push you to buy for their commission benefit and pure profit if there's never a need to pay out. You're usually better off paying for a repair or a replacement IF/WHEN the time may come, and saving the extra money for now. Consider yourself lucky in 30+ years that it lasted as long as it did, and use that as an opportunity to get the newest model or the hottest new color available!

Both my sister in-laws had to replace theirs shortly after getting them. It might be worth it from what I hear.

From what I hear about the KAs now, I'd invest in the extended warranty. People have had problems with them just after the 1 yr warranty on the purchase expires, and the repairs have cost almost as much as a new KA. When Hobart made them, they were the best and couldn't be beat. Not so much any more. I have one of the old ones made by Hobart and it's still working. Love it, but I have a Cuisinart 7 qt that I really like now, and it comes with a 4 or 5 year warranty - can't remember which right now. I am one who, on certain appliances, does believe in an extended warranty. Have found it VERY useful with the double oven we had installed in our kitchen remodel in 2004, but of course that's a lot different from a KA stand mixer. But if it were me, I'd go with the extended warranty.

i never buy extended warranties on anything. We view them as 'gimmicks' that salemen use just to upsell you.

Ditto! It's just another way for the companies to make money.

we bought a freezer once and declined the ext. warranty. The freezer came with a 90 day warranty. Salesman "warned" us how we'd really want that warranty if something happened at 120 days. I said, "If you're saying that you're about to sell me a freezer that has a snowball's chance of having problems inside of 4 months, then I want to really reconsider if I want to buy this freezer from you. now ... is THAT what you're saying to me? That this is such a piece of crap that I'd better buy the warranty? (pause) I didn't think so."

Yea, don't ya love it when they try and sell you with scare tactics....argh! Good for you for calling him on it!

When I bought an ipod from BestBuy they tried to sell me the extended warranty. Best Buy makes more money on extended warranties than they do on actual sales, I suspect, the way they push, push, push them on you. The salesman even went so far as to say, " this particular ipod model has been having lots of problems, with a warranty you won't have to worry about it." I asked him why his company was selling me a product that they knew was having lots of problems, and should I go to another store that doesn't do that? That shut him up.


Regarding Kitchenaids. Their customer service is very good about keeping you happy, even after the warranty expires. I have a friend who recently got a brand new replacement shipped to them 6 years after the warranty expired.

And the problems that have been reported with the new owners of kitchenaid are not quite accurate, as I understand it. What happened is that the new owners changed a couple of the gears to plastic so that if the machine was overburdened to the point of burning out the motor, the gears were designed to break just before that point. Makes sense when you consider the cost of replacing a few gears as opposed to replacing a whole motor. Unfortunately, word spread about the plastic parts without the explanation of why they were being used.

People couldn't get over the association of a change from metal to plastic as meaning lesser quality in their eyes. Kitchenaid, unable to change this perception, eventually changed the gears back to metal, just to stop the chatter. Unfortunately, it's harder to stop these rumors than you'd think, as people still warn others about the plastic gears, long after they stopped making them that way.

Ditto!!!

And the only one time I bought an extended warranty for a car stereo they found every excuse to NOT honor it! it was at Best Buy

I purchased a 10 year warranty on my Kitchen Aid Mixer for $69 about 15 years ago. I have to say, it was the best money I ever spent. I am not sure they offer a 10 year warranty anymore, but if they do, I would not hesitate to purchase it.

I've had a KA mixer for over 10 yrs and STILL use it being in great shape as much as I use it. I use it like 5x a week and have for the past x amount of years..I love it, but NEVER got the ext. warranty on it. It's more money they want to dish out of you due to recession. It's up to you really..but if it were me, nah..I'll pass..

Look at reviews on your mixer online and that should help you also to make a decision. We always do on things before we buy.

good luck
jenifer

Lets just say I use my Kitchen Aid quite a bit and whenever it broke down I called Kitchen Aid, and they would send me a new one. I definitely got my money's worth.