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one1

macrumors 65816
Original poster
Jun 17, 2007
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Chattanooga, TN
I called Applecare today to see about adding my MacBook to the program. My MacBook is a 2.16 Rev C that is 18 months old according to coconut battery. They advised it had never had applecare on it (which I knew), but said it was not eligible to be added to the MacBook because it was not done before the original applecare expired. Was this always the case? Just curious. Semi-retarded that you can't purchase a MacBook used and add applecare to it.

Thanks :)
 

r.j.s

Moderator emeritus
Mar 7, 2007
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Texas
Applecare must be added within 1 year of original purchase. You can't add it after that. If you bought it used and added the Applecare within the first year, you wouldn't have had a problem.
 

ikermalli

macrumors 6502a
Aug 9, 2008
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0
You have one year to add applecare to it, that is when the original warranty expires. You could always see if you could add a BB warranty to it, or add it wherever you bought it from. However, most places will not allow you to add a warranty after the date of purchase
 

J&JPolangin

macrumors 68030
Jul 5, 2008
2,593
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Close to a boarder, in Eu
...Semi-retarded that you can't purchase a MacBook used and add applecare to it.

Thanks :)

... apple care is a business and they won't let potential harmful sales of apple care hurt their business...

You break your apple computer, sell it to your friend for a buck so he can buy apple care and fix it for you... why would apple allow that to happen...
 
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