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Apples repair policy
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Do you still have Apple Care or the one-year warranty? If so, repairs of manufacturing defects will cost nothing.
And where did you hear that tidbit?
And where did you hear that tidbit?
Apple provides a standard one year warranty. If you want to extend that to a full three years, you will need to buy applecare, which is 350 for a MBP (the cost differs depending on the mac you buy). This has always been the case and is nothing new
No he's talking about a flat rate $310 repair charge for any repair outside of warranty, e.g. outside of AppleCare, such as $310 to replace a logic board instead of a grand.
I've seen this floating around here a bit too, I am also curious.
I blame clueless people spreading urban legend. Well, they are also the ones who fall for scams so that balances out.
I've always had AC so I wouldn't know, I guess you need to call some Apple stores or approved apple service sites. I would think it would depend upon what needs to be repaired and the time factor. There is no way of knowing if a set-per-hour fee applies to all locations or not unless you make some phone calls.
I doubt anyone can give you an exact answer to that question. I would say (based on my own experience) that if you have a MacBook Pro with an Nvidia 8600 GT you can expect a much higher failure rate than other models.
I went to the repair store yesterday because my mbp won't boot. I was told it is a flat rate. It came to 379 I think. The 310+ a little for shipping and processing. I think it's going to need a new logic board so I was thrilled to hear its only a 3rd of what I have been reading. The woman said they will check and replace anything needed for that price as long as it wasn't my fault. For example if spilled water on the keyboard It would be full price for a new board.
It seems like a good deal for things like a logic board. Maybe apple realized its not right to charge half the costs of a new computer for something that shouldn't be failing.
But for for something like a hdd failure I think its still cheaper and easier to DIY.
It seems like a good deal for things like a logic board. Maybe apple realized its not right to charge half the costs of a new computer for something that shouldn't be failing.
But for for something like a hdd failure I think its still cheaper and easier to DIY.