If a company does not have a toll-free number, reject it outright. For what you are about to pay for an extended warranty, you are within your rights to expect on-site service. Confirm in writing that, if a provider does not exist for your area at the time you need service, the company is bound to send someone even if they have to travel. Don't rush into a buying decision on a service contract. Reputable companies will allow you to buy the contract later.
Grace periods can stretch anywhere from three days to one full year from the date of purchase.
I gave their system enough time to replicate the information, then called AST and received service onsite two days later. In your case, I would write your state attorney, the state attorney general and the commissioner of agriculture and consumer services. File official complaints and ask if the warranty was sold fraudulently. The specs I get from Packard Bell show that the motherboard will take up to a Pentium 133 chip and does not list an MMX upgrade chipset. This is an AMD processor chipset with a power converter to take the socket from 5v to 3v chipsets.