It was just a matter of time before something in our new house stopped working. Last night, as Nat was thawing some chicken in the built-in microwave the thing stopped working. By stopped working I mean that every sign of electric power going into the machine and yielding an output, be it a microwave, number on the LCD screen, or light were nowhere to be found.
Two things resulted from this, with the most immediate being that instead of chicken and broccoli stir fry we picked up a sun-dried tomato and spinach pizza. The second thing that happened is that I got to test out how are home warranty works. When we bought the house, we requested that the sellers buy a home warranty for a year. The warranty covers the breakage of several items in the house for up to a year from when we closed on the house. Luckily for us the built-in microwave is covered. The downside is that for every item that we want to have fixed there is an automatic $100 fee. The repair guy is due up tomorrow morning and I am just hoping that he can fix the thing without us having to shell out more than $100.
Stay tuned...
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I'm extremely interested to read an update, as we also had our sellers purchase one of these home warranties. I've heard mixed reports on how this typically works- Tem had decent luck but Steph's sister found that she ended up spending so much on the automatic visit fees that it cost about as much as just replacing the thing outright.
I have mostly positives from this experience and from what I heard from other people at work. I will add details to an entry tomorrow.
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