The decision to buy an extended warranty comes down to your comfort level.

The next question is if you want to buy the extended warranty to protect your new investment.

You'll be given the opportunity to purchase an extended warranty.

Consumers can buy an extended warranty and never have to use it - making them question its value.

In that you've got a difficulty with an extended warranty.

Yet in the last few years, the market for extended warranties has never been richer.

Nearly all brands offer an extended warranty for an additional cost.

But since the recorder was being sold for $82, the extended warranty would cost $24.

Extended warranties have been called "health insurance for the engine."

Normally, he said, the extended warranty would be $36, based on the tape player's full $129 price.