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05-06-2008, 06:30 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Ridgeville
Posts: 20,229
M.O.C. #2839
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Extended Warranty (Service contract)
We have the 'Rv Shield'service contract.. AKA Extended Warranty.
We developed a black tank leak while in Florida over the winter. Just got a call from our dealer. Rv shield has covered the total cost of the repair without any problem at all. Tank,Plumbing, New Artic package material, removing and replacing the under belly and all labor cost. The cost of this one repair will exceed the total cost of the 7 year Service contract and we have 5 years left.
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05-06-2008, 06:41 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Winfield
Posts: 7,327
M.O.C. #6846
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So if you still have an Apollo oven, you will definitely end up ahead before the next five years expire???? Good news on the service though, with all of the bad remarks about the extended warranties (aka service plans) it is comforting to know that at least one more person has benefitted from it. Hope we never have to, but if something happens we are covered.
Bingo
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05-06-2008, 06:53 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Cedar Rapids
Posts: 4,876
M.O.C. #1944
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by richfaa
We have the 'Rv Shield'service contract.. AKA Extended Warranty.
We developed a black tank leak while in Florida over the winter. Just got a call from our dealer. Rv shield has covered the total cost of the repair without any problem at all. Tank,Plumbing, New Artic package material, removing and replacing the under belly and all labor cost. The cost of this one repair will exceed the total cost of the 7 year Service contract and we have 5 years left.
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Rich, your experience has been much like ours. I didn't want to buy the extended warranty but am sure glad I did. Our black tank was replaced in January 2007 and the extended warranty expired in May 2007. We just made it. Our plan more than paid for itself when you consider just the two major items: black tank and refrigerator.
Orv
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05-07-2008, 02:41 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: SW
Posts: 255
M.O.C. #7895
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I have the extended warranty, but have used it for only one minor repair. However, I am confident a major item, or items, will break during my seven year warranty period, and I'll recover my cost.
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05-07-2008, 03:15 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Ridgeville
Posts: 20,229
M.O.C. #2839
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We have been Rv'ing for many years. Worked for dealers, even sold a few of them. Toured several plants, owned 5 Rv's. Never purchsed a Service contract before but when we purchased this big expensive 3400 and knew we would be using it hard..Based on our experience with these things and having some knowledge about the quality and workmanship that goes into them we thought about what the probabilities were that we would not have a major and expensive failure over a 7 year period and should we purchase a service contract.After about 12 seconds of serious thought we decided to purchase the 7 year RV Shield service contract.. That was 2 years ago..The first year we were covered by the Keystone warranty. That was a good thing..This is the second year and we have a black tank failure that is out of any warranty but covered by the service contract to the tune of over 1K dollars..We paid 1014.00 for the service contract..In our case it was a good gamble.In case one may think that 1K is a lot of money for the tank replacement,,Tank 275.00, shipping 132.00 plus fuel surcharge + plumbing, cost unknown, + artic package stuff, cost unknown and 6 hours labor at 93.00 per hour..add Ohio Tax.Rv'ing is expensive..
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05-07-2008, 03:38 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Leona
Posts: 6,382
M.O.C. #2059
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Yep, all you have to do is have one major claim in 7 years and it covers your cost. The second one is a freeby. If you never have a claim, that's great, you had peace of mind about getting whacked with a big one.
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05-07-2008, 04:08 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Fort Myers
Posts: 5,933
M.O.C. #4282
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Sounds great, Rich. I have the same company. Good to know they stand behind their product.
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05-17-2008, 06:43 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Ridgeville
Posts: 20,229
M.O.C. #2839
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Just a update since many of us have these Service contracts but few get a chance to use them. We have the Rv shield service contract AKA extended warranty.. We had a crack in our black tank which the service contract covered 100% less the 50.00 deductable..no problems at all. Covered was the tank, shipping, new Arctic package stuff, plumbing and installation. The company allowed 6 hours labor.. 4 for the tank and 2 for the underbelly. Keystone allowed 5 hours.. Should be installed next week.
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05-17-2008, 05:29 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Emery
Posts: 200
M.O.C. #8267
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Gang,
This question is for anyone. We are going to take delivery of our first Montana the week after Memorial Day. It will be a model 3605RL with 10th Anniversary package. Knowing that this rig is somewhat more expensive than we might ordinarily have purchased for full timing, we are considering continuing with our Good Sam Club CSP. We have a 2003 Mirage and have had it for two years without need to make a claim.
Any website to compare the RV Shield with the GSC CSP would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Steve
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05-17-2008, 08:38 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Ridgeville
Posts: 20,229
M.O.C. #2839
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Steve..I could never find one that did that.. We got a copy of both contracts and compaired them. Both plans are similar. I do not recall if the GSC contract was inclusionary or exclusionary. We opted for the RV shield because we thought the finanicial backing was firmer.
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05-24-2008, 04:53 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Emery
Posts: 200
M.O.C. #8267
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Rich and Helen,
Is this the place that you purchased the RV insurance from?
http://www.americanrvwarranties.com/
Just wondered how much it was a month.
Thanks in advance.
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05-25-2008, 04:20 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Ridgeville
Posts: 20,229
M.O.C. #2839
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No it was not but the folks that sell them are just agencies like the agency you purchased your car/truck/camper insurance from. I can't remember right now which agency we purchased from. The purchased two year ago and paid 1014.00 for a 7 year contract. there was a couple of discounts in there... I would call around and get a quote...The most likely went up in two years..
The contract they describe is
Exclusionary..that is good
Paid with a corporate credit card....that is good
Escapees is a corporate sponser..that is good and means a discount
It is worth further investigation.
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05-25-2008, 11:29 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Emery
Posts: 200
M.O.C. #8267
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Rich
My liability insurance is through the Foremost company. I'll inquire there to see what they have to offer.
Thanks
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