Hello All,
Recently I saw a warning come up for my battery in my MBP, so went to get it checked, and sure enough there was an issue with it, (not just getting old).
A quick check on the replacement price here, (no official Apple stores), US$ equivalent:
*new battery $175
*labour $95
* + some other random charge which I forget
Total to get it done 'officially', US$285! Crazy.
I ended up doing it myself and was shocked when I realised how easy it was, like literally a 2-3 minute job, and yet the Apple Reseller was going to charge $95 labour costs to do it!
Reminded me of a shop I once saw where they offered a $60 service to reformat a HDD to be compatible with OSX...
How can they justify such a rip?! (Admittedly, Apple tries similar things with some of their BTO prices...).
What's the biggest 'legit computer/Apple scam' you've seen?
Recently I saw a warning come up for my battery in my MBP, so went to get it checked, and sure enough there was an issue with it, (not just getting old).
A quick check on the replacement price here, (no official Apple stores), US$ equivalent:
*new battery $175
*labour $95
* + some other random charge which I forget
Total to get it done 'officially', US$285! Crazy.
I ended up doing it myself and was shocked when I realised how easy it was, like literally a 2-3 minute job, and yet the Apple Reseller was going to charge $95 labour costs to do it!
Reminded me of a shop I once saw where they offered a $60 service to reformat a HDD to be compatible with OSX...
How can they justify such a rip?! (Admittedly, Apple tries similar things with some of their BTO prices...).
What's the biggest 'legit computer/Apple scam' you've seen?
