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Apple Lowers Prices of AppleCare+ Plans for M1 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro [Updated]
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It’s cheap relatively. I got mine for 900. My 16in MacBook Pro on the other hand it’s a must.
Did the exact same thing for me when I bought it for my new air.
You used to be able to purchase AppleCare (regular) for the extra 2 years. I'm trying to understand how the new AppleCare+ scheme differs? Is it only accidental damage that you pay a per-incident fee? Previously, accidental damage was not covered at all, but hardware failures were. Are all hardware failures covered for no extra charge with the new scheme?
I think the flaw was in the design, rather than the repair work itself. The 2016 MBP was a dumpster fire from a component reliability standpoint.
What import tax would that be? As a US company, I thought Apple would be exempt through the Free Trade Agreement, and FST was replaced by GST years ago, so all taxes should be at the point of purchase.
Apple just keeps a very high margin on their USD to CAD currency exchange rates to cover worst case fluctuations and only seems to slightly adjust them with new model introductions. The iPhone SE seems the most egregious example at $599 CAD versus $399 USD, which at today’s exchange rate should be $493.50 CAD. Sales tax in Manitoba is 5% federal GST and 7% provincial for a total of $71.88, so Apple’s budget phone would cost you $670.88 CAD all in here, or $542.34 USD. Apple doesn’t even sell refurb phones in Canada, probably due to our phone monopolies that make the US phone providers look good.
And as far as it being due to included warranty, our warranty is no better than that in the USA, I believe, with 1 year parts and labour (we do get a bonus “u” in our labor, though.)
Or maybe the return/repair rate with these machines are low enough that Apple decided that it would be more profitable to lower the price and sell more people Apple Care.
Yes, it also covers hardware defects (like the battery failing or ports not working anymore, etc etc). Those would be covered for free under AppleCare+, as long as there wasn’t accidental damage. If there were, you’d be subject to the small fee to get it fixed (in comparison to the hundreds if not thousands of dollars to get it fixed/replaced).
You missed my point, Applecare should be mandatory as warranty.
Only on computers, though? Houses and cars shouldn’t have warranties?
Actually, you can call Apple, ask for Agreement Administration, and they will refund you the difference then you can apply that toward the purchase of of Apple Care on the new product. The provision has been in place for the 7 years I have been here.
You can call Apple Care today ask for Agreement Administration and get the difference from what you have already purchased.
Call Apple Care. You will need your Mac serial #, your checking routing, and your account number.
If they say anything about the price being a student offer tell them no… it says right on the Apple site that if you were to purchase your Mac today the new cost would be $199
The next step is they will prorate your Apple Care send you your difference back and once you have your money in your account you can repurchase the AppleCare at the lower price.
Call Apple Care. You will need your Mac serial #, your checking routing, and your account number.
If they say anything about the price being a student offer tell them no… it says right on the Apple site that if you were to purchase your Mac today the new cost would be $199
The next step is they will prorate your Apple Care send you your difference back and once you have your money in your account you can repurchase the AppleCare at the lower price.
Oh, that’s actually kinda cool, didn’t know you didn’t have to have car and home insurance in the EU.
I never picked up AppleCare before in the past, but I've always purchased it ever since Apple made it impossible for you to change your own batteries.
There's an M1 MBP with my name on it coming to me today. I got AppleCare with it as usual. If the M1 runs as cool as advertised, I might be able to go back to skipping on the AppleCare, but I'm gonna play it safe with my first M1.
The battery replacement aspect has made AppleCare worth it for me. The things I do always end up turning my MBP into a death trap for batteries. If I want to fry an egg, I could just use the bottom lid of my computer. It's rare that I can get past two years on one battery.
Really hoping that Apple Silicon makes this a thing of the past.
Honestly THIS is what should be emailed to all top executive staff at Apple along with Diedre (?) who’s in charge of customer experience at Apple.
Apple wants you to come to the store to resolve things more efficiently, I have found. They can fix things, deal with issues, or whatever much more streamlined in the store. The phone experience has been a nightmare if you need something resolved.
LOL......based on what data? Give me anything. You can't. It's just another "defend Apple at all costs" post.
I was actually able to get the difference refunded to me. But I had to go to the store. The call center would not help at all, they kept wanting to refund but then make me pay again the full $249 while I waited on the $269 refund. The store was able to close-box exchange refund and I ended up with extra days on my AppleCare and just getting the $20 refund back to my card.
The insanity level pricing of the ipad keyboards would definitely support the argument that apple's method for deciding pricing is "What's the absolute most that the 'top' 10% of customers would be willing to pay?"