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dfcas
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 2815
Location: hillbilly heaven9/23/15 9:11 AM |
OT: Apple repair costs
My son has a Macbook Air that is now 2 weeks old. At 1 week, a light globe fell on it, cracking the screen. I sent it to Apple for a repair estimate.
$775 plus tax= ~$825.
I said no, and found some independent repair sites on line. I assume the warranty will be void, but thats life.
I'm glad we didn't buy Applecare because that would be void also.
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sandiway
Joined: 15 Dec 2003
Posts: 4902
Location: back in Tucson9/23/15 12:16 PM |
You should buy Applecare. It's a no-brainer.
My macbook pro has had many thousands of dollars worth of repairs within the warranty period. Motherboard replaced twice. Screen once. SSD once.
Sandiway
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dfcas
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 2815
Location: hillbilly heaven9/23/15 12:19 PM |
I asked Apple about this and they said accidental damage is not covered by AppleCare on a MacBook. iOS devices are different.
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sandiway
Joined: 15 Dec 2003
Posts: 4902
Location: back in Tucson9/23/15 12:22 PM |
I'm not talking about accidental damage. I'm talking about in-warranty repairs because the laptop fails.
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19083
Location: PDX9/23/15 12:58 PM |
But... if one has/had the Apple Care and went outside Apple to repair it would void said Apple Care. At least that is what I got out of it. So even with Apple Care the cost to repair to not loose the coverage by repairing via Apple makes for financial obsolescence, yes?
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walter
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 4391
Location: metro-motown-area9/23/15 2:24 PM |
great insurance, but...
...speaks volumes about the build-quality.
<i>"My macbook pro has had many thousands of dollars worth of repairs within the warranty period. Motherboard replaced twice. Screen once. SSD once."</i>
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19083
Location: PDX9/23/15 2:27 PM |
It is all junk. ;) The costs go to keeping the junk functional basically, the cost IS the service mostly I figure. Cause we can't live without all the junk obviously. ;)
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ErikS
Joined: 19 May 2005
Posts: 8337
Location: Slowing boiling over in the steamy south, Global Warming is real9/23/15 7:39 PM |
I lost an SSD in my MBA, fixed under warranty. Any further repairs I will do myself.
After replacing a digitizer in a iPhone 4, I can fix any thing in my MBA as long as I wear glasses.
There are TONS of aftermarket parts and such for Apple products from upgraded SSDs to new keyboards and computing guts. People hop up the MBA as a hobby for speed, battery life and such so they are easy to find parts for.
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