"Extendend warranty! How can I lose??" (Homer Simpson).
We pay for annual service contracts for two machines: 7300 Real Time PCR System and StepOnePlus Real-Time PCR System for more than 7000 per year. Can these things actually break?
How useful are Service Contracts for qPCR machines?
Started by doxorubicin, Feb 19 2013 04:23 AM
qpcr real-time pcr
2 replies to this topic
#1
Posted 19 February 2013 - 04:23 AM
#2
Posted 19 February 2013 - 07:19 AM
It is hard to tell. I know it is expensive. It is like health or auto insurance which you may use once a year or never use it. As an alternative, there are 3rd party service providers and they cover many types of equipment at lower price.
#3
Posted 19 February 2013 - 10:11 AM
Our Biorad realtime machine once broke, then we paid a lot for repair, then it broke again shortly afterwards and ended up being discarded...
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