Mac and Applecare who cares?

Atomikat · Post by **Atomikat** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:46 pm

Hmmmm, just 2 days left until my MBP's warranty ends (sep 13), but I think $360 bucks for the apple care is...too much for me now...I just bought my iphone and I'm saving the $500 for the Apogee Duet.

I'm gonna take the risk...

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:54 pm

Remember that when you're forced to pay $800+ for a new LCD screens hould anything ever happen.

liveISlife · Post by **liveISlife** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:07 am

im confused guises. I DONT KNOW WUT TO DO! ima cop da mbp wait a year then see wuts good. aite, big ups.

pepezabala · Post by **pepezabala** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 6:16 am

I bought an ibook G4 from an apple-reseller in spain. It failed after one year and three months and they did not agree to repair it on EU-2-year-warranty laws. They refused to do that, telling me that the 2-year warranty would only cover failures that were fault by the company or due to product-design. A broken motherboard after 15 months of use wouldn't fit into that category.

That sucked.

Pasha · Post by **Pasha** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:43 am

icedsushi wrote:I think I bought the applecare with my first laptop. When I bought the next one, the prices on laptops had come down significantly and I bought the smallest model, so I decided to "self insure" it and pass on the apple care last time.

So I sold that first one to a friend 2 years ago. Her husband went to watch a movie and whipped the screen back (really hard), breaking the powerbook's hinges right off! But it was more than 4 years old at that point so I guessed the applecare was already expired. She said it was like $100-$150 to repair it and how much is apple care? A hundred or two right (if it was within the time frame)?

But I wonder if it was within the applecare period, if they would have covered that type of abuse anyway?

No. THis would have been considered misuse. For that you have to subscribe an insurance program. I got a store here named FNAC that gives you 2 Year Warranty by abiding the law and with 89 Euros more three years insurance on accidental damage until 2000 Euros.
....But I didn't know them when I purchased mine....

- Best
- Pasha

nolus · Post by **nolus** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:04 am

Whenever you are tempted to pay for an extended waranty of any sort, put the money in a special bank account instead. If anything goes wrong then you can pay for the repair yourself. If nothing goes wrong then you can treat yourself to a nice holiday or a new piece of gear in a few years time.

Don't forget the famous "bathtub curve" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_curve

Electronic equipment tends to be very reliable. If it's going to fail it's useually in the first few hours ot days or at the end of its usefull life.

bassreflex · Post by **bassreflex** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:04 am

Tarekith wrote:Remember that when you're forced to pay $800+ for a new LCD screens hould anything ever happen.

Well, you're counting on it to burn out on its own... since they dont cover accidental damage....

Pasha · Post by **Pasha** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 3:25 pm

pepezabala wrote:I bought an ibook G4 from an apple-reseller in spain. It failed after one year and three months and they did not agree to repair it on EU-2-year-warranty laws. They refused to do that, telling me that the 2-year warranty would only cover failures that were fault by the company or due to product-design. A broken motherboard after 15 months of use wouldn't fit into that category.

That sucked.

Welcome Apple....rotten Apple.
I mean I'm very upset as you are.

pepezabala · Post by **pepezabala** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:43 am

Pasha wrote:
pepezabala wrote:I bought an ibook G4 from an apple-reseller in spain. It failed after one year and three months and they did not agree to repair it on EU-2-year-warranty laws. They refused to do that, telling me that the 2-year warranty would only cover failures that were fault by the company or due to product-design. A broken motherboard after 15 months of use wouldn't fit into that category.

That sucked.
Welcome Apple....rotten Apple.
I mean I'm very upset as you are.

Spain is different ...

zappen · Post by **zappen** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:05 pm

think different

Mac and Applecare who cares?

I got a Mac and .....