Gateway Computers - MPC Computers MPC computers purchased 4 yr extended warranty for my laptop model # M250x. Screen is cracked. Gateway ignores my requests and refers me to MPC computers. MPC does not respond or answer phones cannot find online Nampa. Idaho

So your lap top screen cracked, have never seen one where a cracked screen wasn't abuse. So no coverage because of that. Gateway told you to go to MPC and that means their warranty has elapsed. So Gateway has no responsiblity from that stand point. MPC sold you an insurance policy ( and that is really what extended warranty is ) against failure of the unit, not abuse, so they don't have to cover it. The are bankrupt, oops that means that nobody gets paid, so no coverage because of that. I really do understand that you have been ripped off, but not by Gateway, but by MPC who took your money and managed their business so poorly that they left you with out coverage, by the way an insider in an interview said that the CEO "drove this company into the ground". Sorry and I hope you didn't think this complaint site would help. And I only got bit on three extended warranty bankruptcies this year :{

Extended warranty companies are notorious for disappearing and/ or going out of business.  When an item is bought new, it would generally have a warranty. The “extended warranty” doesn’t cover anything until the OEM warranty expires. This assures the extended warranty company will have no claims for normally a year or so. In the mean time, they’re collecting money for warranty extensions which are, of course, 100% profit. Most selling dealers get  50% of the warranty premium. Wonder why they hawk them so willingly?

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This gives the extended warranty "company" usually a year to disappear  with their share of the premium, which they historically do! The dealer makes out like crazy, as the dealer has no liability.  “Sorry, the warranty company went out of business. You’re out of luck.” Just remember, at this point, the dealer got as much of the premium as the now missing “warranty company”. Sadly, that has no bearing on your problem. Just more money in the dealer’s pocket.

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Scam! Scam!