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Apple Adjusts Warranty Coverage in Australia to Comply With Consumer Protections Law
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If Apple could get away with charging higher prices for Macs, then why aren't they doing it already?
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This is why you should always buy your Apple gear from a third-party retailer and never from apple.
If you do that, you get the best of both WRT consumer policies. You can go to the apple store just like any other Apple owner, or you can go to Wal Mart or Best Buy or wherever you bought it if they have better policies WRT returns or whatever.
Bwahaha. Do you know where the US would be right now if the government hadn't done the bail out? It would be completely in the toilet and a good proportion of the world markets would have followed.
Lack of government involvement is what caused the GFC.
"Big Government" is also exactly the reason why Australia was nearly left untouched by the GFC - Strict government regulation of our banking and financial industries saved us.
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You guys down there can mandate that all you want...just don't complain when stuff is cheaper in other countries with less mandates and less taxes...
Even considering our 10% GST, Apple gear already was more expensive when compared to the US. A point which you've missed no doubt.
Um I think he was being sarcastic in his comments, meaning, those are the silly things people post....
Most of the hit in the US was areas with over inflated housing prices anyways. Our house in Texas never went down in value. People who bought $500k track houses in California in 2006 were stupid. A needed market correction because the way prices were going anyone with sense could see what what was coming. I am glad my parents moved out in 2004 and my best friend's parents moved out in 2005. Both went to places where housing prices remained steady and were already about true market value.
The answer is much more complex than a single sentence. It was government, bankers, and people buying more house than they could really afford and not being informed consumers with a ton of tit for tat reasons mixed in over a few decades. Repeal of Glass Steagal, CRA, Fannie and Freddie, ect.
Nothing has been fixed since 2007. Just been covered up by massive government spending. Look at the amount of physical cash there is out there now since 2007, and the shell games the Reserve/Treasury are playing. Nothing has been done to prevent the same thing from happening again.
Most of the money the US lent out (not the same as TARP) went to foreign banks...
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We have welfare programs which pays for housing, food, ect. Like I said earlier we spend more per average welfare family than the median income.
Or should we round up 'homeless' people and physically stick them in a house? The programs are available and out there.
Exactly. That's it in a nutshell.
If 50 people by a Mac with 12 month warranty, and one of those 50 (we'll call him Unlucky Smith) has his blow up a day after the warranty runs out, what do we have? I'll tell you… We have 49 happy Apple customers and one really upset one. (Oh, and we have a bunch of customers who paid the overpriced AppleCare extended warranty laughing and shaking their heads and telling Unlucky that he should have got AppleCare.)
To all the 'free-market' zealots, does this really sound like a good system to you? Placing the entire burden of Apple's quality control on poor Unlucky's shoulders? Australian consumer law has a different view. It says that everyone who buys a personal computer has the reasonable expectation that it will work as advertised for a few years. Unlucky wouldn't have bought his Mac had he known that it was a ticking time bomb, and neither would you.
Apple shouldn't be at all worried about a two-year warranty if their products are as reliable as their advertising proclaims, and that's what this is all about—keeping companies accountable to put their money where their mouth is.
I would expect that kind of response from a fanboi. I hope you don't work in customer service. I don't understand why you would not support a longer warranty, why does it bother you? Have you ever asked Apple to disregard an obligatory warranty because it may cost them money?
Instead of fighting about us vs them can somebody answer my question please!!!!
My MBP was purchased last June (2012) so can i wait till May 2014 to purchase Applecare? And if i do will it be only for an additional 1 year or 2?
My MBP was purchased last June (2012) so can i wait till May 2014 to purchase Applecare? And if i do will it be only for an additional 1 year or 2?
No idea. However a useful hint:
If you know someone in the USA, get them to buy Applecare there for you, open the packet and email you the serial number so you can register the Applecare.
This way you will save a small fortune on Applecare and still get all the same benefits. I did this for my Mac mini that I bought in the US and shipped to NZ, and even with Applecare saved $300 (yes I paid NZ Taxes ).
Nope. The price on the shelf is what comes with it. Here in the US that is a 1 year warranty. If I want a longer warranty I pay extra...which I did. If I didn't want the extra warranty I didn't have to buy it.
Im not the one whining about their profits or expecting something for free like Apple is a charity, public utility or non-profit organization like a church. They are in the business to make money. I'm not sure why that concept is so harsh to some people. There are people in this thread suggesting Apple return their profits to the consumer (and screwing over their shareholders
) as if they are just that. Then they wonder why Apple products cost more where they live than here. I can't help it if people can't put 2 and 2 together. Higher cost of business = higher consumer costs. If you guys want a state run 'non-profit' business then go beg your government to build your phones and computers. See how well they do in the global marketplace....
GST in Australia is 10%, so in your case only 2.2% more.
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Smaller than the US Maybe but doing a lot better than the US at the moment.
I searched for ASUS stocks, and in Taiwan (where they are from) their stock is worth less than $12USD. Not traded on US markets.
And? Buy an ASUS, if Apple starts losing sales they might rethink their market strategy.
I am sure if Apple offered a 2 year global warranty their stock would go down, and then we would get more doom and gloom posts about how Apple is on the way out.
And I do like ASUS for PC stuff. I bought a Maximus V Extreme and a 660TI from them last year.
And? Buy an ASUS, if Apple starts losing sales they might rethink their market strategy.
I am sure if Apple offered a 2 year global warranty their stock would go down, and then we would get more doom and gloom posts about how Apple is on the way out.
And I do like ASUS for PC stuff. I bought a Maximus V Extreme and a 660TI from them last year.
I wanted and iMac and as far as I know no one else makes them.
Also I chose to get AppleCare as I think it's worth it.
If we're not getting this in other countries like US, UK, Japan, etc, lets raise the price in Australia.
I dont care if Im greedy or not.
I dont care if Im greedy or not.
Most EU countries have something similar.
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... and that statement pretty much sums up a lot of what's wrong with society these days.
What's any of this got to do with the original story?
Also with the iPhone/iPod broken screens I'd like to know the % for other brands? Yes I know there is the also the issue of Apple only repairs but maybe the think here is people need t be more careful with their tech.
And with the recent releases don't the current iPhone and iPad survive better in drop tests?
Also with the iPhone/iPod broken screens I'd like to know the % for other brands? Yes I know there is the also the issue of Apple only repairs but maybe the think here is people need t be more careful with their tech.
And with the recent releases don't the current iPhone and iPad survive better in drop tests?