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Best place to buy Apple Care?

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lukester

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I should be getting my 30" cinema display tomorrow and will probably get the apple care for it.
I see where everyone is saying to stay away from Ebay.. I agree.

I saw where some mention to buy it from L.A. Computer. I can't believe they are selling it for only $49, $99 is the normal price. How can this be legit?
Every where else they sell it for retail for maybe a few bucks off.
So is this an ok place to buy it from?
 
Can you buy another apple care to extend the warranty?
I have a MBP that will be running out of warranty, apple care in another couple months, can you buy another one?
 
should i be worried buying it on ebay if the seller only emails me the code? it's at quite the discount...
 
As long as you buy from a seller with 100% feedback and they have some experience with Applecare/Apple products you'll be fine.
 
I bought AppleCare for my iMac for half the cost on ebay and everything registered and worked fine. Just make sure you buy from a reputable seller. There are many sellers that strictly sell macs and applecare, and they have great feedback, so buy from them
 
dankybear said:
should i be worried buying it on ebay if the seller only emails me the code? it's at quite the discount...
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i would only buy boxed applecare because apple sometimes runs checks on applecare that requires a serial # from the box
 
lukester said:
Can you buy another apple care to extend the warranty?
I have a MBP that will be running out of warranty, apple care in another couple months, can you buy another one?
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Just buy an "Inland Marine" policy from any insurance agent. It basically covers your laptop for ANYTHING. Theft, accidental damage, whatever. For $2,500 worth of coverage it would be about $80.00 a year. That's what I have now for my laptop and camera gear.
 
OK, so I bought AppleCare on eBay back in October. I paid $120 for it for my wife's Macbook - and I made sure to buy from a seemingly reputable seller (even researched that seller here, though I now see some negatives against them here).

So far, so good - it still shows as an active account from Apple.

I've since learned something quite simple that I wish I'd realized then - you can get a significant discount on AppleCare through the Apple Store for Education. I figure it would be cheaper, but was surprised at how much when I recently pointed a fellow teacher to it - $183 for the Macbook, instead of the $249 regular price.

Here's hoping and praying that mine works for the 3 years I need it. I wish I'd bought it on the Apple Store for Ed. now...

EDIT: Just checked and mine is still good... for now, at least...
 
jon87 said:
As long as you buy from a seller with 100% feedback and they have some experience with Applecare/Apple products you'll be fine.
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Not true at all. If you buy the code only it might register just fine, then you're happy and leave the seller positive feedback. Then further down the road when you actually need warranty service and get declined by Apple when you cannot present proof of purchase from an Apple Authorized reseller, it's too late to change your feedback.

Ebay feedback is not much use when buying Applecare. If it is a code-only purchase (no box) it's best to pass.
 
Can someone recommend me an eBay seller that sells boxed AppleCares? Does anyone have any experience with them? I'm not comfortable buying a code only AC.

Thanks
 
Yeah, if you're a student I also recommend going directly to Apple. Their education prices for Applecare are some of the best prices you'll find out there, and no need to worry if it's legit.
 
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