Best Buy Mix-up?

Jordan742 said:

What would you do in my situation?

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Talks to somebody at Best Buy maybe?

Krazy Bill said:

Talks to somebody at Best Buy maybe?

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First, 128 or 256 SSD.

Jordan742 said:

I recently bought a new 13.3' rMBP from Best Buy. After about a month of use, I've noticed that they had sold me the late 2012 model. I'm not concerned about the hardware upgrade from the late 2012 to the early 2013, however, I intend to resell the laptop eventually, and am concerned about the resell value.

What are my options in this situation? Can I go to Best Buy and ask for an exchange? Should I even be concerned? Or perhaps I purchased last year's model unknowingly, and I am in the wrong?

What would you do in my situation?

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how come you noticed one month later, shouldn't you have checked that for or at least that's what I would have done. Hopefully they will help you out.

Jordan742 said:

I recently bought a new 13.3' rMBP from Best Buy. After about a month of use, I've noticed that they had sold me the late 2012 model. I'm not concerned about the hardware upgrade from the late 2012 to the early 2013, however, I intend to resell the laptop eventually, and am concerned about the resell value.

What are my options in this situation? Can I go to Best Buy and ask for an exchange? Should I even be concerned? Or perhaps I purchased last year's model unknowingly, and I am in the wrong?

What would you do in my situation?

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The fact that you bought it recently doesn't mean they can't sell new and unopened 2012 models... Nonetheless, I recommend you to request an exchange and explain to them politely that you wanted initially a 2013 model...

Jordan742 said:

128; I'm debating going to Best Buy- but I'd like to see if anyone has any advice first.

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What's wrong with my advice? Don't they have telephones?

Krazy Bill said:

What's wrong with my advice? Don't they have telephones?

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It's also that there are no 2013 models with 128GB SSDs. All 2013s are 2.6GHz with 256/512/768.

Jordan742 said:

128; I'm debating going to Best Buy- but I'd like to see if anyone has any advice first. (The nearest Best Buy is 1 & 1/2 hour drive away.)

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The 2.5Ghz 128GB model is identical between late-2012 and early-2013, they even have the same model number. It didn't get updated.

The only one that got updated are the 2.6Ghz 256GB model and the 3.0Ghz i7.

Only if it was advertised as the 2013 model would I consider it a "mix-up". Best Buy isn't like an Apple store, they won't magically have ONLY the latest model in stock, they bought a stock of the 2012 models and are trying to sell out of them. Unless they advertised it as a "2013", they didn't take you for anything and don't owe you the newer model or a refund.

Just like when I bought my car (2 years ago tomorrow), I bought a 2011, as it turns out the 2012's came out a week later and had a feature as standard (on the model I bought) that I would have liked to have on mine. I couldn't refuse the deal I got on the trade-in so I kind of had to jump on what they had. I didn't go back demanding they give me a 2012 because they didn't tell me the 2012's would be on the lot the next week (or may have even been in the back lot). They wanted to sell out of 2011's so they had those out, same would be the case for the 2012 vs. 2013 Macs at Best Buy.

It was not that obvious awhile ago if a laptop being offered on sale was a 2012 or 2013. Many here saw the MacMall add for a great deal on a new MBP only to find out later that they were unloading 2012 models.

Unless there was a misprint in Best Buy's offer, you don't have a beef... but their customer service may give you a refund.