Well, that's what I am saying.
You may think that sounds weird, but there are people on this forum that keep saying that refurbished are just like new.
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And this is why you shouldn't buy refurbished MacBook Pros
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Well, that's what I am saying.
You may think that sounds weird, but there are people on this forum that keep saying that refurbished are just like new.
That's because they ARE like new. They look like new. They function like new. They have the same warranty as new. That's what the word "LIKE" means.
Where exactly did you buy your mac from (best buy, Apple Store, store.Apple.com, MacMall, etc)? I'm just curious.
I didn't. I was paid to clean the spill. This is the most common service that I perform.
I have no idea where it was purchased from.
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You're pointing out obvious facts. A refurbished Mac is refurbished.
A refurbished Mac is as good as a new Mac in most respects. Same warranty. New battery. The case and screen are in "like new" condition.
The only downside, in my eyes, is that you can't buy a refurbished model if it has just been released.
Wait so you're blaming Apple for a purchase that may be out of their service? For all we know, the girl could have bought a "brand-new" Macbook Pro from some third party retailer which Apple has no jurisdiction. If its "refurbished", unless the origin of purchase was known, this sounds likely like some random marketplace is selling old rMBP laptops and bundling it as a new purchase.
So is this thread saying do not purchase refurbished products from random stores than say from the Apple Store? I don't see how for example, Best Buy refurbished has any effect on Apple certified refurbished as while they share the same description, Apple's is guaranteed warranty and working computer with replaced parts if necessary.
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By this you imply that Apple would do a dirty on an unsuspecting buyer, .........obviously an attempt to smear their name.
Gosh...there is a special kind of stupid in this thread. Nobody is getting that coffee spilled laptop.
Excellent video.
For those posting doubting the veracity of the video, I would give more credence to a professional's video evidence than some keyboard warrior just throwing their vague opinion around. For those posting refurb = refurb and we shouldn't be surprised, I agree with you.
Some questions remain. If the board was water damaged should it have been put back into circulation? The repair agent thinks not. In this case the repair was not to the same quality as a new factory unit, likely causing an early failure that a properly underfilled chip may have prevented when it was dropped. I would be annoyed if this happened to me after paying for a repair.
We must train ourselves and the many Macrumors members that tend to think that a refurb unit is 'as new' are wrong.
The problem occurs when the poster doesn't even know where the product was originally purchased under the name of "refurbished" and automatically assuming all Apple products under the name of "refurbished" is the Apple certified refurbished found in the online store. When the Apple chat log called the machine refurbished that was a correct description of the product as refurbished means to "renovate and redecorate" which it was, though not to typical standards (it does sound like the person was not explicitly clear on the product so the online chat may be just as confusing as this thread).