Just damaged my MBP outer casing. Lid won't close. What to do?

[vialli25]

Hi

I was installing some new shelves in my bedroom and the unthinkable happened. One of them fell while I was screwing it in straight onto my MBP.

It has damaged the front part of MBP. Now it is impossible to shut the lid on it. Has also made a small dent near the power button.

Does anybody have a clue how much Apple will charge to repair this??

http://twitpic.com/ag64l

 

[Buskape]

This looks like it's going to be quite expensive to fix, their gonna have to replace the whole bottom case..

If you have an Apple store closeby, you could see a Genius and ask him how much it would cost, my rough guess would be around 400-600$..

 

[vialli25]

I do have one very close by, but wanted to see what you guys thought before driving all the way there.

I'm in the UK, so I'm guessing that would be about £250-£500 based on what you've said. Bit pointless really, might as well buy a brand new one!

I'll be claiming on the household contents insurance anyway so I'll see what both Apple and the insurance people have to say.

 

[1ne]

Ouch!!! :cry:

 

[rgarjr]

Upgrade time..

 

[aprofetto]

Ah jeese! That hurts to look at!

 

[maflynn]

ouch - that really bites.

bummers man, try googling/ebay to find an external case and do the repair yourself.

 

[iGary]

The upper and lower case, if you buy them yourself from ifixit.com, will run you about $500.00

If you have Apple do it, expect around $1200.00 from my experience.

 

[lixuelai]

Disassemble it and try to mold the aluminum back into their original positions. The aluminum is rather soft, should not be hard.

 

[vialli25]

No point in trying myself, if it's going to cost as much as some of you believe then I will hopefully just get a new one on my house insurance! £100 excess charge, but who's going to moan about £100 for a brand new MBP??