iPod touch Applecare for $45?

[Resist]

And why do these retail stores make the warranty start at the moment of purchuse, when you already have the 1yr manufacturers warranty.

And this is one reason why they aren't worth it!

 

[dagored]

I used to office next to an independent TV repairmen. You should have seen how many LCD and plasma screen TVs he had in there waiting for repairs. Huge numbers of them woudl come through. There are very few items i'd buy the extended warranty for, but for my two high dollar LCD's, I bought the extended warranty through Sams Club for each.

Good luck with that. Lets just say, if the cost for repair is prohibitive. They return your extended warranty fee. I do not know what the laws in Texas are.

EDIT: I forgot. Circuit City. Same deal. It was cheaper for them to give me my money back on the cost of the TV plus the tax than to repair the Sony TV. I know, i was not out anything, but it just p*sses me off.

 

[Resist]

TV's used to last a long time and some would be passed down to other family members. Now a days, TV are so expensive and yet cheaply constructioned that they have a very limited life span and not worth repairing. Plus the TV technology changes so much that a 5 year old TV is old so people just purchase another one.

 

[Mackilroy]

I bought AppleCare for my original iPod back in 2004–it was worth it, because the hard drive failed about a year and a half later, and I sent it back to Apple and got an entirely new one for free. However, I haven't bothered with the iPod I bought in late 2006, and it's worked perfectly fine since I picked it up from the store.

 

[anuthanu]

quick question regarding apple care
if i was to purchase an Touch from a PVT dealer..
would i be able to add the apple care to it? or would i have to purchase the touch from them and add it?

Thanks

 

[flopticalcube]

quick question regarding apple care
if i was to purchase an Touch from a PVT dealer..
would i be able to add the apple care to it?

Yes. You don't need to buy it from the same place you purchased you Apple hardware. Buy it on eBay for $20, if you feel you need to buy it.

 

[anuthanu]

so if i was to purchase the apple care,
it would cover faulty issues, damages and etc? just like a product service plan from a retailer would?

Thanks

 

[flopticalcube]

so if i was to purchase the apple care,
it would cover faulty issues, damages and etc? just like a product service plan from a retailer would?

Thanks

No. only faulty hardware is covered. Damage due to dropping/water/whatever is not covered. PSPs vary in their coverage so you are best advised to read the small print.

 

[PMB]

I decided to not wade through that many posts, and just post

I got apple care, becouse my last ipod was a 3rd gen, that i had since it was released, so the extended warrenty worked for me, as last year, the motherboard, and HD had to be replaced, and i spent less on the warranty than it would have cost to pay to get it fixed

ITS WORTH IT!!!

 

[iTattoo]

Apple Care

The iPod Touch with no moving parts should be reliable, and if it's not, like other tech devices will fail early in it's life cycle which is covered by the standard Apple warranty.

Given that the cost of the extended warranty and then contrast that to what you'd rather have in a few years in the event your iPod Touch fails. The $45 for Apple Care would likely be a significant down-payment for a comparable offering at that time.

In March 2005 (going back 3 years) the Mini which morphed into the Nano was $249 for 6GB. If you owned that and it broke now - what would you rather have ... a 6GB mini fixed, or your apple care $$ you saved to put towards something new?

Details below are from http://mactimeline.com/index.php

23 February 2005 iPod mini 4GB refreshed, colours as per 6GB model. 18hr battery life, US$199.New iPod mini 6GB model, 4 colours (blue, green, pink, silver), 18 hr battery life US$249

28 June 2005 344 iPod 20GB & 60GB colour screens (US$299, US$399), 15hr battery. No more iPod photo. U2 iPod now colour screen.