I'm afraid that it depend on the goodwill a particular store or manufacturer. I always keep my invoices in order to avoid any problems.
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MacBook Pro box - important?
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I'm afraid that it depend on the goodwill a particular store or manufacturer. I always keep my invoices in order to avoid any problems.
You should ask the seller for the original invoice from Apple Store or wherever he purchased it... there is no reason for him to not giving it to you, except if the laptop is stolen.
The invoice/receipt can usually prove both fact of purchase and date of purchase. In societies where consumer rights are limited, or contested, they are all too necessary. However, companies which pride themselves on their products honour their guarantees without querying it; I've already mentioned my positive experiences concerning the speedy and hassle free replacement of two iPods which was one of the main reasons I switched to Apple. A friend had the wheels come off a Samsonite suitcase a few weeks before a three year warranty expired, and again, the warranty was honoured without a murmur. Registration with Apple should suffice for the US; it's a bit different in parts of Europe.
Re sockets and plugs, I travel a lot, and as a matter of course, simply bought world wide adaptors when I actually bought the iPod and MBP; it was necessary and saved time and hassle. Generally, the products themselves come with the sockets of the market in which they are originally sold.
Re sockets and plugs, I travel a lot, and as a matter of course, simply bought world wide adaptors when I actually bought the iPod and MBP; it was necessary and saved time and hassle. Generally, the products themselves come with the sockets of the market in which they are originally sold.
Damn Shame!!!I am in Europe. UK to be percise
In the UK it will be fine as long as it is in warranty and if for some reason you have not registered it before you have a problem they will register it when you call with a problem so there is no need to panic, its all fine!
Hope that helps, Jdaco6
You dont need a receipt for Apple in US, France, Japan, India, Singapore, HK, Shanghai.
I've gathered that service done by a reseller or "Authorized Service Provider" will always require a receipt and locations which have some sort of direct Apple intervention dont require receipt!
I've gathered that service done by a reseller or "Authorized Service Provider" will always require a receipt and locations which have some sort of direct Apple intervention dont require receipt!
"Most of Asia gets its product shipments customized for Europe or Japan!"
I stand corrected by Appleink. Cultural imperialism or colonial experiences and/or aside (and it is a rather telling point), I wrote that because the Ireland/UK standard is different to that of the rest of Europe and my experience is that electrical equipment sold here comes with the "local" standard socket. Thus, mine, as is usual for these isles, came with the standard for UK/Ireland, so, as a matter of course, I acquired world wide adaptors at the same time given that I travel quite a bit.
Consumer protection legislation in the UK is pretty good (historically, it has been a lot better than in Ireland) and, although things are getting better, they could do with a lot of improvement. Appleink also made a useful distinction between countries which require receipts and those that don't, as well as the nature of the Apple outlet; very useful to know and makes sense. If you are still worried, I'd suggest that you contact the seller and ask for a copy of the receipt. Good luck with it anyway.
I stand corrected by Appleink. Cultural imperialism or colonial experiences and/or aside (and it is a rather telling point), I wrote that because the Ireland/UK standard is different to that of the rest of Europe and my experience is that electrical equipment sold here comes with the "local" standard socket. Thus, mine, as is usual for these isles, came with the standard for UK/Ireland, so, as a matter of course, I acquired world wide adaptors at the same time given that I travel quite a bit.
Consumer protection legislation in the UK is pretty good (historically, it has been a lot better than in Ireland) and, although things are getting better, they could do with a lot of improvement. Appleink also made a useful distinction between countries which require receipts and those that don't, as well as the nature of the Apple outlet; very useful to know and makes sense. If you are still worried, I'd suggest that you contact the seller and ask for a copy of the receipt. Good luck with it anyway.
Putting aside whether or not it's stolen, if you'll get warranty, etc., the only time you would ever need your box is if your computer is a lemon and Apple decides to replace it for you; then they will need the UPC code on the box; or they can do a receipt lookup. You can't do either because you don't have the UPC nor did you buy the computer originally.
If you get one from the seller, say a PowerSeller with his/her own store and it's printed officially--yes; otherwise just a random seller, no.
You'll need the warranty transferred to you anyways, so you will need to contact the seller about that.
If you get one from the seller, say a PowerSeller with his/her own store and it's printed officially--yes; otherwise just a random seller, no.
You'll need the warranty transferred to you anyways, so you will need to contact the seller about that.
Damn Shame!!!
Don't worry about it. I'm in Scotland and I have a Macbook Pro, any time I have had an issue they only require the serial number from the machine to check the warranty status etc, no receipt needed. My receipts were emailed to me in PDF format when I purchased Apple computers so they wouldn't ask me to print them off to come in for a repair or whatever.
No worries, I already registered the MacBook Pro's warranty in my name on the Apple site. The previous owner never used the MacBook Pro so I suspect she never registered the warranty in her name. if she did then I think I would of had problems registering it which I never.