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Buying a MBP through Amazon.. any thoughts?

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NickC1028

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I am very interested in getting a MBP and not waiting anymore..

fortunately amazon has a 30 day buyers protection things. Do you think they will definitely drop the price of the current MBP if new ones are released in this time period? As far as i know i am entitled to the difference.


has anyone done this/know anything about it or have a suggestion
 
I did and there is good and bad. First, I am only talking about buying through Amazon, specifically, and not one of their resellers.

Amazon's stock is old. So I got one that only had 10.4.10 on it and no drop in DVD for Leopard.

On the plus side, Amazon has great rebates, no tax (usually) and a very generous 30 day return policy. Which is great in these uncertain times of impending MBP updates.

Generally, if Apple updates a product and you are within your window, you can return yours, or you can get a further discount on the one you bought (i.e. Price guarantee).

So I like Amazon, except for the old stock, which is bad, because my MBP has the yellowing issue - so I am going to return it, and hold out another week for an update (or maybe go Air... decisions, decisions).
 
I have bought 2 macs from Amazon and never had a problem. I picked up a MacPro last week from them and it has worked perfectly.

A plus for me is prime shipping for $3.99, so I had my MacPro the next day. I didn't have to wait for Apple to ship it.
 
Are they known to waive restocking fees at all?

Should I call up and make sure that the MBP has leopard on it?
 
I just recently ordered the MacBook that's in my signature and it's perfect. It's the newest version with leopard and I got it the next day with overnight shipping plus a $100 rebate. Couldn't of gone better.
 
Amazon is perhaps the best place to buy a Mac. They have the best customer service in the world. If your computer had an issue, you could return it for full refund, or replacement computer, for 30 days.
 
I ordered my Macbook Pro from them (basemodel) a couple weeks ago and it only came with 10.4.11 and no Leopard drop in.

I did have the yellowing problem, but I found a local apple authorized repair shop and got the screen replaced in only 2 days.

Last week, I decided to e-mail amazon about my machine not coming with Leopard.

"
Hello, I recently purchased a new macbook pro from Amazon.com a week and a half ago, and I finally went to install Leopard today and realized that there is no upgrade cd in the box.

I would be upset to know that I ended up with less by choosing to give Amazon.com my business than I would have if I had bought a used machine directly from Apple. All new macs are supposed to come with Leopard, and the purchase date for my mac is beyond apple's window for their up-to-date program. Is there anything that can be done about this?"

I got a response a day later offering to give me a full refund for the computer. I had already purchased applecare, though, so I told them that I would have returned the computer, but I had already purchased applecare for it at significant cost to me and told them that I would like to see them ship me a copy of Leopard free of charge or at a reduced price.

I got a response a few hours later asking me to place an order for Leopard and to e-mail them the order number and they would waive the cost of the order.

It should be delivered to me tomorrow 🙂
 
I have had great experiences with Amazon. I bought a MBP from them last year. They had a $150 rebate offer going. Unfortunately, I hadn't discovered MacRumors yet so I was unaware that the Santa Rosa machines were about to be introduced. The day after I received the machine, the SR MBP's were introduced. I returned the machine to Amazon for a full refund. Unfortunately, Amazon didn't offer a rebate on the SR machines, so I bought the new one from Mac Connection with a $150 rebate and no sales tax. After the fact, I found out that Mac Connection is not nearly as friendly about returns. Wouldn't you know that my SR machine had a defective SuperDrive! Fortunately, my local Apple Store saved the day and did an on the spot exchange for me even though I didn't buy the machine directly from Apple.
 
I'm receiving today from amazon

MBP 2.4, 2 Gig Ram, blah blah,

if they did happen to release new MBP's this Tuesday. Do you think they would give me a whole lot of trouble to return the Laptop and possibly waive restocking fee a since it is 15%? thats a lousy 365 bucks!!!
 
Andrmgic said:
I ordered my Macbook Pro from them (basemodel) a couple weeks ago and it only came with 10.4.11 and no Leopard drop in.

I did have the yellowing problem, but I found a local apple authorized repair shop and got the screen replaced in only 2 days.
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Did you have any problems getting the yellow-screen fixed under warranty? How noticeable was the yellow?
 
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