AppleCare for MBP- Student Pricing, or Ebay?

[anirban]

Hello all,

The standard warranty for my MBP expires this June 11, and I am considering purchasing AppleCare for it, to extend the warranty by two more years.

I can get education pricing on the AppleCare (240 bucks), but I was thinking if Ebay might have a better deal. The lowest price I've seen on Ebay is $220.


So what do you folks suggest- get it off ebay, or just get the education priced one?

Thanks.

 

[alphaod]

I don't know, if you think saving $20 or so is worth the effort. (Store you pay tax, online you pay shipping).

Personally, I'd stick the store because you don't have to worry about fake items.

 

[anirban]

Do you think I can do any better with the pricing on Ebay?

 

[antibact1]

I bought online from the LA Computer Company recently. It worked out to $245 and they emailed me the code so I didn't have to pay for shipping. The code activated immediately and I got a letter from Apple this week confirming the warranty. I would recommend them 100%. I'm in Canada and AppleCare up here is $399 so I saved a bundle.

http://www.lacomputercompany.com/

Edit - I see it's dropped to $235 now, damn, haha.

Edit 2 - I recommend them at $245 (or $235) because you won't have to pay tax as you are outside of California. Save a little versus the Apple Store where you pay tax regardless of where you are.

 

[wozza]

I would go for the apple store directly, just seems a bit more legit to me, rather than buying from ebay.

I cant believe the amount it costs you is USA. Im in england and with my student discount the applecare was £58 which is about $115!!!

 

[Tibbar]

I purchased MBP Apple Care on eBay for a discount of over $175 and registered it successfully. Buy from somebody who has lots of positive, relevant seller feedback (e.g. from selling computer hardware, not clothing).

An awesome way to check out a person's negative feedback is using www.toolhaus.org