Me -- the Nexus 7 is my first tablet and my first venture into an Android system.

We purchase our Nexus about 3 weeks ago.  With purchase the salesdroid talked my wife into an extended coverage program for $50 which is refundable up to 30 days after purchase. 

Question 1.  Is this a needed option?  Are folks finding that these things break within a year that you need this above and beyond the normal warranty?  I can still take it back but I'm running out of time on this one.

For the first 10 days or so, everything was fine.  Now for the last week or so, we've noticed that the battery goes dead very quickly.  It can be 60% in the evening and dead before morning.  We have a simple cover for it, but we do not turn in off "hard", just close to the tablet and put it into what I thought was a sleep or idle mode.  I wonder if some program I'm not aware of might be draining the system above normal "idle" time.  I've had that with my iPhone.

Question 2.  It is necessary to turn the Nexus 7 off "hard" to keep charge?  I would not think so and feel that there may be an issue with ours.  We didn't before and never had it go dead overnight. 

Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

Bill J.