Apple too cheap to pay for license that would make AppleCare valid in FL

[bousozoku]

Can they use it unofficially?

When I bought AppleCare at CompUSA, at the behest of the manager, who gave me a break on the package deal, he told me just to say that I used the machine for business.

 

[alfonsog]

BTW, You can get Applecare in Florida for educational purchases.

 

[LethalWolfe]

And I don't. I'm a pretty young guy, but I can remember the days when if you bought something and it didn't work, you brought it back. Unfortunately these new "coverage plans" are starting to be seen by people as the only way that you can ever return something that doesn't work. As if somewhere along the line manufacturers starting selling things "as is" and were no longer responsible for defective products.

A few years back I purchased a HD TV from Best Buy and seriously had to beg them to stop trying to sell me the service plan. At one point I asked them if I was going to have to leave the store and not buy the TV because I couldn't get it without the service plan. Amazing, all that and they get no commission. What's even more amazing is that 3 years later the TV is in perfect working order.

I'm not trying to be hostile to you Lethal. Sorry if it might have come off like that. I just equate buying service plans to playing a casino game where the house advantage is rather large.

Maybe I just haven't ru into the same warrenty-hounds that you have (one "no thanks" on the floor and one at the register seem to do the trick).

Even though they don't get commission they have various quotas to meet. There are probably individual, shift, and store goals to meet. And if they aren't met you can be written up and eventually fired. And there are probably rewards for meeting/exceeding the quotas.


Lethal

 

[Sutekidane]

I generally buy all my machines at compusa rather than at the apple store to get around this. I'm not really a fan of extended warranties, but if I really wanted one, I'd just get my computer at Compusa. I don't really know the specifics behind apple not wanting to allow applecare in florida, but with this alternative available, I couldn't care any less.

 

[rtdgoldfish]

BTW, You can get Applecare in Florida for educational purchases.

If that's true, that is how I managed to get it for my Mac Mini and why it has worked for my friends.

One of the best things about college: Apple Education Discount. After I graduate, I think I will keep taking one easy class every semister just to keep getting student discounts.

 

[cleo]

I have noticed the FL exclusion on Apple's website reguarding AppleCare. I am a Florida resident and have never had a problem getting anything repaired from Apple. I purchased AppleCare for my Mac Mini when I bought it and was not informed that it didn't work in Florida. I purchased it at the Millenia Mall store. Anyone out there in FL with AppleCare that has had problems getting repairs?? Several of my friends also own Macs and have never had a problem.

Yes, they sell the boxes in Florida and will ship them to Florida from the online Apple Store, but when you register the AppleCare, it won't let you if you put in a FL address. (At least, that was the case when I tried getting AppleCare for my first Mac four years ago.) I've heard that you can just register it to a family member's address in another state, but I don't have any out-of-state family, so I haven't tried that.

From the article, it sounds like this girl was able to register her AppleCare but then Apple wouldn't honor it. If that's truly the case, and people are being able to activate the warranty thinking that it's going to be honored, then Apple is *really* running a scam.

 

[strider42]

Am I missing something. 320 bucks for a hard drive? A hard drive can be had for a LOT less than that.

I'm also pretty sure apple would want to sell applecare if they could. extended warranties are a great thing for manufacturers. they make a killing on them. I bet its more complicated than it seems.

 

[TrashCanDan]

"Florida-based manufacturers could offer warranty extensions directly"


Is that a wierd law or am I the wierd one?

 

[cleo]

Am I missing something. 320 bucks for a hard drive? A hard drive can be had for a LOT less than that.

It was a hd for a 14-month-old iBook. I'm sure I overpaid for it, but I have a physical disability (not to mention next to no technical aptitude) so I had my friendly Genius do it for me. (OT story about how cute that particular Genius was: when he had to do a hard reboot by holding down the power button, he apologized under his breath to the computer. I totally thought I was the only one who did that.) My point is that if I lived in any other state, it would've been free.

Is that a wierd law or am I the wierd one?

That's not the law... which is the point of the article. And this thread.