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There is so many holes in the unfortunate series of events I see little or no consistency other than it seems the OP has been so unlucky to get 3 faulty logic boards which leads to suspicions on some inherent design issue, yet not, as many of us have early 2015 MB that still function.

The OP states he bought from Amazon in 2015 but we have no idea if this was an authorised dealer or just some grey import

The OP failed to exercise his consumer rights correctly and circumnavigated his sale of goods contract and bypassed Amazon and possible CC company and went straight to Apple

The original Logic failure was outside warranty period

The OP agreed to replacements that only carry a 90 day warranty

The successive failures were also outside warranty periods

This is what I gleam from the OP postings

Even under UK or EU law reverting back to Amazon or Amazon seller that ship has sailed the OP never gave them the opportunity to repair and presumably they have nothing to do with successive logic boards

Under UK law after 6 months it is your responsibility to prove the fault this is why probably Apple will not give details on why the board failed as consumers could collect data and use it against Apple

This has more chance as a mercy case if you can get someone high enough up the Apple chain to listen

Else

You need to collect 100's if not 1000's even if anecdotal accounts of similar issues and use the small claims court against Apple . Even then your compensation is likely to be small given age wear and tear etc etc

Its a shame for the OP but many have suffered until class actions against Apple have been successful.

Even then as we have seen many are more convinced that Applecare is a necessity so Apple wins again despite the negativity of this posting and others
 
Tim Cook to Investors: People Bought Fewer New iPhones Because They Repaired Their Old Ones
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/...-iphones-because-they-repaired-their-old-ones

Whoa! That must be an awful lot of phones needing repairs to affect that gargantuan bottom line! And why do you know specifically its repairs that are hitting the bottom line, unless you are expecting a certain number of faults?

Innovate and compete for repair business in the same manor you broke Microsofts near monopoly. Yes, it's a challenge, what happens when people see behind the carefully staged facade? A large multinational using it's legal weight against a Norwegian individual, Henrik Huseby who was helping to sustain your brand by offering repairs for broken iPhone screens. He imported 63 screens - there are no official Apple stores in Norway.

Your business model of new purchases every two years with overpriced replacement of components over repair is not sustainable for the planet.
 
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12" Macbook Retina no power Common Issues 820-00244 820-00045

820-00045 2015 12" Retina
PP3V3R3V0_AON short to ground < 1000 ohm

0 - 70 ohm short - U7100?
300 - 400 ohm short - U4700?

Not starting
check PP3V3R3V0_AON (normal 8.7 k ohm) for short (30 - 400 ohm)

https://download.itadmins.net/Schematics/Apple/Macbook/820-
00045%20(MacBook%2012%20A1534)


Now, how can a consumer replace two logic board components? Worth a try as these two components are cheap.
 
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12" Macbook Retina no power Common Issues 820-00244 820-00045

820-00045 2015 12" Retina

PP3V3R3V0_AON short to ground < 1000 ohm

0 - 70 ohm short - U7100?
300 - 400 ohm short - U4700?

Not starting
check PP3V3R3V0_AON (normal 8.7 k ohm) for short (30 - 400 ohm)

https://download.itadmins.net/Schematics/Apple/Macbook/820-
00045%20(MacBook%2012%20A1534)


Now, how can a consumer replace two logic board components? Worth a try as these two components are cheap.

consumer can't, unless you want spend £500 minimum for equipment to repair £300-400 laptop which is also not guaranteed
 
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Apple should still be morally obliged to fix this product. If this is not everyone's experience, no big deal for them. If the product is faulty, consumers should not be left high and dry.

The behaviour of this company is immoral. Disgusting
 
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