Warranties

If you've bought some tech that's gone faulty and you've had to take it back, don't let them fob you off with 'sorry you're out of warranty'. That's the message from MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis. Watch Martin’s Warranty Schmarranty two-minute video, or carry on reading below.

Hundreds of thousands of people left out of pocket after they were sold Scottish Power cashback warranties between 1998 and 2001 should be paid their share of about £75 million, a group of MPs said today.

If you bank with Barclays and pay to get insurance 'extras' – for example via its Barclays Additions account – you should urgently check if you've activated these; otherwise you won't be covered if something goes wrong.

Hundreds of thousands of cash-strapped customers who buy TVs and washing machines through rent-to-own (RTO) schemes are paying up to three times more than the high street cost, a report published today has found.

Shoppers buying electrical goods at John Lewis are to be given a minimum two-year guarantee on products at no extra cost, the retailer has announced today.

Major UK electrical retailers are to set up a price comparison website for extended warranties after pressure from competition authorities.

Major UK electrical retailers are poised to avoid a major competition inquiry by overhauling their £1 billion-a-year sales of extended warranties.

The Office of Fair Trading has today launched a market study into extended warranties for electrical goods such as televisions, washing machines and computers.

The high street is already teeming with sales but the real bargains won't kick in until Boxing Day.