Anyone getting bonus upgrades in their refurb rMBP?

[TwoFive3]

Just curious if people ordering the base 15" retina macbook pros from the refurb store have been pleasantly surprised with more memory or a bigger ssd? I remember ordering a refurb imac and it came with twice the ram it said it would.

 

[mattshort]

I didn't order a base, but I got exactly what I paid for (2.6/16/512). I was slightly hoping for a bump from the mid2012 to the early2013, but whatevs. I did manage to get a Samsung LCD/SSD though.

 

[Yahooligan]

I haven't heard of such things happening and they would be less likely to happen with the rMBP because the RAM can't be upgraded and the SSD isn't a standard SSD so upgrading it is not as easy/inexpensive. More memory in an iMac is a totally different situation since it can be upgraded.

 

[laurihoefs]

I remember seeing a couple of threads about such cases with rMBPs here. They were probably merged to this thread: The "I just ordered / bought / got my new/refurb MBP" threads, merged


Search that thread, and the forum in general, and maybe you'll find the posts.

 

[leman]

Yeah, people have reported things like that on number of occasions. My own experience with 'lucky mistakes' from the refurb store is that they forgot to put a WiFi card into the iMac

 

[vpro]

Show me evidence..

If they don't post receipts and then their actual shipment - that means it is false fantasy.

 

[laurihoefs]

If they don't post receipts and then their actual shipment - that means it is false fantasy.

And they should bother to prove something just to please you? Right.

I don't see any reason someone would lie about getting better components than they ordered. It would not be such a miracle if a refurb laptop was accidentally listed with wrong information. Humans make errors.

 

[Count Blah]

If they don't post receipts and then their actual shipment - that means it is false fantasy.

It happens. It's just extremely less likely these days with the rMBP.