I could buy a blackbook tomorrow, I have the cash now. However, I really want applecare. I heard I can buy it a few months later and it will still work. How does that work? I'm confused. Can anyone explain? Thank you so much for your time!
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How late can i Buy apple care? How exactly does it work?
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It's easy to find the info, but quickly:
You can buy AppleCare up until the day your complimentary support ends; Which is 1 year from your date of purchase for computers. It extends coverage to 3 years from the original date of purchase. So in practice, you can save that money for a year and then buy it.
First you buy AppleCare (from wherever you want; hint: eBay can be pretty cheap!) Then at http://www.apple.com/support/ you can do the self-register stuff on the
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Again, you get 90 days of phone support and one year hardware warranty.
AppleCare extends both the phone support and warranty to 3 years from the original purchase date.
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You can buy it in 11 months and 29 days and still be eligible. You only miss out on 9 months of free phone support.
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I'm in the same position. How reliable is buying it on ebay? I don't understand where these third party sellers are getting their apple care?
I'm in the same position. How reliable is buying it on ebay? I don't understand where these third party sellers are getting their apple care?
I never understood where they get it for so cheap either. The same rules apply when buying anything at ebay; Check history, don't accept funny business, pay securely.
I bought it for my new iMac on eBay and saved about $60. As others have said, check the history and use PayPal.
I have bought my protection plan for the macbook via ebay also (145$) and everything worked fine.
definitely worth a look.
I bought the APpleCare for my MBP from eBay for US$200. The registration process was simple and easy, I never receive the so-called certificate though.
it takes a couple of days...in my case I had to wait 3 days.
they sent me a certificate only by email though...well probably better than in paper because I probably would have lost it by now
Online registration requires (from memory):
- AppleCare serial number
- Your Mac's serial number
- Your name/address/phone
- Your purchase date
I was not asked for a receipt, transaction number, invoice number, etc... However I was asked to retain my sales slip in case there was any question; However, I took this to mean my Mac's sales slip, not AppleCare's.