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rMBP LID Scratch

Xcelerate said:
Me? I'm not the OP. My RMBP is perfect. You just sound like someone I'd never want to meet in person.
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My comments do not come from a feeling of feeling superior. I was just having a little fun with the OAD stuff.

I am simply saddened to see people consumed by materialism.

I don't expect you and many of the people on this forum to understand. Perhaps when you are older you will get it.
 
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Mojo1 said:
My comments do not come from a feeling of feeling superior.

I am simply saddened to see people consumed by materialism.

I don't expect you and many of the people on this forum to understand. Perhaps when you are older you will get it.
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Older then what ? You should understand I had a scratch, asked if there is a way to remove it, maybe some one knows. And you made a whole post explaining how its wrong to care about your stuff ? If this was an HP notebook or car or whatever I still would of asked the same question, because my new toy had a scratch on it... Thats it. Now read back what you wrote and think about how stupid it looks from your side !:)
 
yozh said:
Older then what ? You should understand I had a scratch, asked if there is a way to remove it, maybe some one knows. And you made a whole post explaining how its wrong to care about your stuff ? If this was an HP notebook or car or whatever I still would of asked the same question, because my new toy had a scratch on it... Thats it. Now read back what you wrote and think about how stupid it looks from your side !:)
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Older usually= being more mature (but not always...) and realizing that belongings don't really matter much in the grand scheme of things. It is to be expected that things that we use will have a tendency to look used sooner or later; in your case it just happened to be sooner than you would have preferred.

Taking care of your belongings is a fine thing to do. After all, an rMBP is an expensive "toy". Wanting to repair a little damage is understandable. But getting all worked up over a tiny scratch to the point where you would have returned it to Apple if that had been an option is a different thing altogether. You are responsible for taking care of your Mac; you would be avoiding that responsibility if you sent it back to Apple and allowed the company to pay the price instead of yourself.

Thats it. Now read back what you wrote and think about how stupid it looks from your side !:)
 
Mojo1 said:
Older usually= being more mature (but not always...) and realizing that belongings don't really matter much in the grand scheme of things. It is to be expected that things that we use will have a tendency to look used sooner or later; in your case it just happened to be sooner than you would have preferred.

Taking care of your belongings is a fine thing to do. After all, an rMBP is an expensive "toy". Wanting to repair a little damage is understandable. But getting all worked up over a tiny scratch to the point where you would have returned it to Apple if that had been an option is a different thing altogether. You are responsible for taking care of your Mac; you would be avoiding that responsibility if you sent it back to Apple and allowed the company to pay the price instead of yourself.

Thats it. Now read back what you wrote and think about how stupid it looks from your side !:)
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Nope does not look stupid at all from my side.... Still makes you look very stupid and feeling superior, trying to fix or return to get something that is not scratches on such an expensive item is understandable might not be too ethical but still understandable since this is a $2400 toy, Apple would of fixed it up and resolded it as refurbished with out loosing one dime... Again you should really get a hold of your complex.....
 
Think as it brought you a unique notice that you will know this is your MacBook pro. Even it is stolen, you will know. Compare to others which don't have scratches. They won't know which one belong to them.
 
Just as an update, Scratch X did not work, did not do anything at all :( I guess I`ll learn to live with it, its small enough :(
 
Let's Call This What It Really Is...

yozh said:
...or return to get something that is not scratches on such an expensive item is understandable might not be too ethical but still understandable since this is a $2400 toy, Apple would of fixed it up and resolded it as refurbished with out loosing one dime...
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B.S. You know it (or you should...) and I know it.

You can attempt to rationalize but it isn't working for me. :rolleyes:

Hopefully you will grow up someday and with some maturity you will change your attitude of entitlement. Good luck; you're going to need it! ;)

(You can have the last word, for what it is worth; I'm done with this thread.)
 
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To the OP, mine had something similar right out of the box, but much smaller. I used some sticky putty and it took it right off. It was some sort of glue stuff they used in the factory I imagine.
 
Just carve another scratch with a screwdriver, you'll hardly notice the blemish. Plus, as others have said, scars build character.

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yozh said:
Nope does not look stupid at all from my side.... Still makes you look very stupid and feeling superior, trying to fix or return to get something that is not scratches on such an expensive item is understandable might not be too ethical but still understandable since this is a $2400 toy, Apple would of fixed it up and resolded it as refurbished with out loosing one dime... Again you should really get a hold of your complex.....
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While Apple does have a lot of loose money, I think it would be hard to argue that they're not losing anything on that type of transaction. Or, to put it more simply, why should apple pay for your mistake?
 
fiveainone said:
To the OP, mine had something similar right out of the box, but much smaller. I used some sticky putty and it took it right off. It was some sort of glue stuff they used in the factory I imagine.
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Can you elaborate a bit more about this ?
 
Check these out.

http://www.meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?17443-Not-very-happy-with-ScratchX

Only work about 5 to 6 inches of the scratch at a time, first see if you can make a small section of it go away, then cookie-cutter your results over the rest of the scratch.

Not sure how deep this scratch is, but we've seen similar scratches that look as thought they were put in with a razor blade, so they are thin, but deep, in these case you cannot remove them at all.

When applying to remove a 5-6 inch section, use about a teaspoon of product, in your situation, better to use too much than too little. Spread the product out over the section your working, and move your applicator pad across the scratch, not in line with it, actually at an angel to it is a good practice. You can even rub in two different angles with repeated applications.

Rub using around 8 to 15 pounds of pressure to the pad and move you hand in a back and forth direction quickly, like you're a machine.

"Be the pad"

as Chevy Chase would say...

Apply until what starts out to be an opaque/whitish film turns to an oily looking film then remove. Don't pay any attention to the directions that direct you to let the product dry, these are wrong. See this article,

Then wipe off the residue and repeat until you done this at least 3 times. After each application and removal, inspect to see if you notice any improvement. If with each application it gets harder to see where you applied the product then continue until it's gone you feel to any further could go through the clear coat.

If you see absolutely no improvement after 3 applications, then the scratch is either very deep and you're actually improving it, (this means you're remove the paint surround the scratch but because the scratch is so deep you cannot and will not see any improvement).

Or

The paint is so hard that you cannot remove small particles of the paint by hand.

If you were nearby, we would love to have a go at it just because we love a challenge.
 
golf1410 said:
Check these out.

http://www.meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?17443-Not-very-happy-with-ScratchX

Only work about 5 to 6 inches of the scratch at a time, first see if you can make a small section of it go away, then cookie-cutter your results over the rest of the scratch.

Not sure how deep this scratch is, but we've seen similar scratches that look as thought they were put in with a razor blade, so they are thin, but deep, in these case you cannot remove them at all.

When applying to remove a 5-6 inch section, use about a teaspoon of product, in your situation, better to use too much than too little. Spread the product out over the section your working, and move your applicator pad across the scratch, not in line with it, actually at an angel to it is a good practice. You can even rub in two different angles with repeated applications.

Rub using around 8 to 15 pounds of pressure to the pad and move you hand in a back and forth direction quickly, like you're a machine.

"Be the pad"

as Chevy Chase would say...

Apply until what starts out to be an opaque/whitish film turns to an oily looking film then remove. Don't pay any attention to the directions that direct you to let the product dry, these are wrong. See this article,

Then wipe off the residue and repeat until you done this at least 3 times. After each application and removal, inspect to see if you notice any improvement. If with each application it gets harder to see where you applied the product then continue until it's gone you feel to any further could go through the clear coat.

If you see absolutely no improvement after 3 applications, then the scratch is either very deep and you're actually improving it, (this means you're remove the paint surround the scratch but because the scratch is so deep you cannot and will not see any improvement).

Or

The paint is so hard that you cannot remove small particles of the paint by hand.

If you were nearby, we would love to have a go at it just because we love a challenge.
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Um ok, I will try it again. I basicly did what it says there ....
 
yozh said:
Can you elaborate a bit more about this ?
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I don't have a pic to show it, but it looked like scuff marks on mine. I felt over it, and it doesn't seem to be recessed like a scratch would be. (I do this when detailing my car so I kind of know what a minor scratch would feel like) So I took some of these stuff: http://www.google.com/search?client...A&biw=1108&bih=807&sei=-Y8qUI21G4eUiQL16oH4DA
and just rub it like I would erasing something on paper. Some of the putty would smear on the surface, but then just stick the putty like tape to remove them. But, I'm not sure if that's what you have.

also you can try an art eraser which is kind of the same as the putty, it removes residues. http://www.google.com/search?client..._pw.r_qf.&fp=6aebc510122e7ba&biw=1108&bih=807
 
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