Anyway Apple's home turf has already got quite a lot of good stuff like occasional iTunes gift card discount.. also Apple Store's service is better too. Here in Hong Kong, our Apple Stores don't accept return whatsoever unless the product is DOA...
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Apple Offers Free Repairs of Products Damaged in Japan Floods
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Fine, you wanted to correct the poster. Let’s make sure the $13 million Apple helped raise for hurricane relief isn’t incorrectly credited to Puerto Rico-specific aid.
I apologize for bringing your own contributions into the equation, that was not necessary.
I can understand you feel PR was shortchanged, but the timing was such that many had given earlier with Harvey and Irma. At the risk of incurring the moderator’s wrath, I think the US government has treated PR shamefully.
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What?! Which company is even offering to repair the devices? If BMW offered to repair your car for free after it flooded, you are saying you would demand a new one instead? If you don’t have flood insurance coverage on your house if it was at home or coverage on your car you are toast.
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I’m sure the number of devices they sell in Japan is less than even Houston so their program to raise and match donations is likely more realistic to stay within their guidelines for donations as a percentage of revenue
The OP mis-read the article and retracted his comment a few minutes after he made it... not to worry!
...and this is exactly why it's done in a place like Japan and not anywhere else, lol.
Is this sort of flooding damage covered?
This is a painful picture to look at, LOL.
No they don’t and if I remember correctly, it is not offered. Insurance companies would not make any money insuring people like they do in America. Things happen all the time in Japan as far as weather etc. and if there were any insurance for weather conditions, it is way to expensive to be affordable.
Prices in Japan are crazy for Apple stuff as compared to the U.S. I had to buy a Mac Pro 2013 while working in Japan a few years ago and had to pay $500+ more dollars due to the Yen. Apple does not adjust their pricing that’s often due to currency $ value, so once they set the price, it is it...unless the difference gets way out of hand and laughable, just like in Europe.
I was resently in the area when it was hit hard. Pretty sur-real at the time looking at neighborhoods and houses. It looked like the houses were in an ocean all around. Had to drive a friend home during the storms and I could not tell what was the street from the river next to it. My car could have floated away (water was up close to the handle and could have flooded my engine). Had no choice but to drive through it.
Anyway, good jester from Apple to assist. It is a shame about all of the negative comments about it. Any good deed (though it cannot be everywhere and to everyone) is a good thing, regardless. They did not have too offer, but they did.
Yes, Apple might be doing it because they are trying to break into the market with streaming video (Apple TV) and their music service...
Japan is totally “Sony” blu-ray, DVD and basically no interest in streaming anything, including paying subscription fees or anything like it. They are basically a cash society (a good thing in my opinion). They still love paper books etc...and still like the physical media...a culture thing... so “if” you want to be senister, that would be a good reason for why they did it. Japan still has “tower records” shops and big DVD-blu ray and book stores everywhere....flash back to the 1990’s. Pretty wild!
Or people would say that they did it because they would mKe it up in a tax break...always negative.
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But amazingly enough, the majority of the Japanese people would not take advantage of the offer and purposely damage their product to get a new one.
It is not in their thinking system generally. Every country has it good points, and Japan in this regard has this.
That's a weird thing to be sure of. Apple has a 30%+ share of the smartphone market in a 100M+ population country. Greater Houston has 6-7M people. There must be at least 10x Apple devices in Japan as in greater Houston.
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Oh yes, absolutely. Certainly didn’t intend to comment that way about the Japanese people.