What Are Typical Home Warranty Rates?

Depending on the additional items you can add to your contract, pool/ Jacuzzi, garage door, appliances. But a basic fee is $350-$450 per year and a $35-$55 service fee per service call. Review your contract as not everything is covered, and technicians are usually required to get approval from the warranty company before any work can begin.

1. Slowing motor and electric smoke coming from Magic Bullet blender?

It's basically dead. The insulative enamel surrounding the wires in the motor has become overheated. That is where the smoke is coming from. If you continue to use the unit the enamel will degrade completely resulting in an electrical short. It is actually a bit of a fire hazard, so I would suggest discontinuing use of the unit. It is possible that the unit is defective. Given its age I am sure its covered under warranty. Early failure of electric motors can also be from excessive load. It may be that your unit is not intended to process something so substantial as ice. Another thing to note is that if the unit is jammed and cannot spin, you should release the power immediately. This is the fastest way to burn out any electrical motor. That goes for a cordless drill and the like

2. Would you buy the extended warranty or not?

I think I would get it, wait a week or so, and then call them up, ask if the laptop accidental warranty is in affect, THEN say you broke the laptop. You want to make completely sure that the warranty will cover you before you disclose to those snakes that you've busted your laptop, and once it's in affect, then just tell them you broke it yesterday (assuming that yesterday was within the warranty period)

3. If the warranty is about to expire on your car is that the time to buy a new car?

This depends very much on your own goals and the vehicle in question. The question doesn't state it, but I sense the implicit assumption that the goal is to spend less money in the long run. For some people, saving money might not be the goal, and they will keep spending money on a 1970s model Rolls Royce because.... well... it's a Rolls Royce!For the rest of us, it will depend on the design life of the vehicle in question. Toyota Land Cruisers (for example) have a design life of 20 years. There is absolutely no reason to buy a new one when the warranty expires. On the other end of the scale, when it comes to luxury German saloons, they become very expensive to maintain as they age, and you may want to skip buying them altogether and rather lease them for shorter terms (although this is not an option in all countries).I'm a long time Toyota driver. I don't sell cars when their warranty expires. I buy the cars that are sold by others because the warranty is about to expire, and because they are afraid of the expensive timing belt service (around 100 000km). What people don't understand is that the first 5 years of a car's life (which is usually also about the warranty period) is when it devalues the most. The average Toyota has 75%-80% of its design life left by the time it leaves warranty, and compared to the devaluation and opportunity cost, that "expensive" timing belt service is nothing. People like me LOVE people who are scared of the expiring warranty. If the warranty is about to expire on your car is that the time to buy a new car?

4. Dell Studio 540 wont turn?

Ah after long time nostalgic feeling ok here goes first disconnect the power cable the do a drain flee power (holding the power button in for 30 sec when disconnected from all power sources) this makes sure to release any static energy then try powering it on again if it work good if not swap the wires or the monitor power with the tower and see if you get beep codes refer to the manuel at suppor.dell.com and see if not motherboard and powersupply need to be changed you can open the system and reseat the ATX connector the multi color wires also try removing all memory and power on the system BUT DO SEE THE SYSTEM IS OFF WHEN YOUR OPENING IT -CSS Team (BTW if your in warranty then dell will help you replace those parts without you needing to open the system GOOD LUCK !!