Well with the arrival of my iPod Mini I thought it was time to send my 3rd gen iPod into Apple to be fixed. It is about 7 months old and has several problems. First the battery has worn down to about 5 hours, which I don't know if the constitues replacement or not, this I can live with. My main gripe is that I get the "Check Disk" error frequently when I sync it to my computer. It also will randomly skip chunks of songs while I am listening to it. Like 20 songs, it will just advance right past them. Oh yeah and the screen freezes up sometimes as well. I can still advance, but the song on the display wont change. Anyways, I filled out Apples online request for to send it in to be fixed. While it is still under warranty they told me it will cost me $30 to have to shipped to and from Apple. I think this is kind of a rip. $30 to get an item fixed under warranty??? I called Apple and they told me there was nothing they could do. Does anyone else think this is a bit ridiculous, or am I just making a big deal out of nothing?
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$30 to fix an iPod that is under warranty.
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I don't know if your issues constitute replacement, seems kinda borderline to me. If you have a local Apple Store you could try brining it in, they might do it for free.
same with me
yes this happened to me to and it bugged the hell out of me. thought the warreny is a year the shipping warrenty is only 6 months (180 days). of course thats somewhere in the fine print.
really upset me
its these types of things that make me question my loyalty to apple. i feel i deserve free shipping with my warrenty for that 1 year period when ithink of how much i buy and support them
yes this happened to me to and it bugged the hell out of me. thought the warreny is a year the shipping warrenty is only 6 months (180 days). of course thats somewhere in the fine print.
really upset me
its these types of things that make me question my loyalty to apple. i feel i deserve free shipping with my warrenty for that 1 year period when ithink of how much i buy and support them
Wow, this is a real jip... I had no idea... I've always hated Apple's cheap warranties... but this is really bad.
That sucks 
.. i'm waiting for a day when a company accepts responcibility for problems (especially when they can afford it) and realises that if it is loyal to its customers then they will be loyal back.
.. i'm waiting for a day when a company accepts responcibility for problems (especially when they can afford it) and realises that if it is loyal to its customers then they will be loyal back.
Does this apply to all Apple hardware past 30 days? If so, does applecare on the hardware remove the fee?
I am about 95% sure that AppleCare covers the shipping and also covers other things not covered by the 1 year warranty. And this is really not that bad. Many manufacturers have a 1 year parts/90 days labor limited warranty. I don't know how long they cover shipping. At least you don't have to pay the labor with Apple. That would be much more than $30.