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Madmischief

macrumors regular
Original poster
Nov 16, 2013
108
70
Oxford, UK
Hi gang,

A public service announcement:

I sadly dinged my 11 month old Apple Watch, did not buy AppleCare this time 😫 thinking I’ve never had to use it on my other SS ones - why pay even more than the hefty price?

Sent it from the UK to the Apple EU service centre in the Cezch Republic and they want £300 + taxes to repair it.

So either add protection to the screen (ruin the design), baby your watch or buy £80 AppleCare.

Bit gutted as I now have an expensive cracked paperweight … lesson learned.

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jz0309

Contributor
Sep 25, 2018
11,312
29,857
SoCal
that sucks, but it can happen.
I always get AC+ for my watch, I smashed the screen on my S0 ~ 2 months after AC+ expired (there was no month to month extension at the time yet), so was happy that Apple now lets you extend, for me, and its $3.99/mponth in the :US, it is worth it
 

Matcha

macrumors regular
Mar 30, 2021
205
232
Hi gang,

A public service announcement:

I sadly dinged my 11 month old Apple Watch, did not buy AppleCare this time 😫 thinking I’ve never had to use it on my other SS ones - why pay even more than the hefty price?

Sent it from the UK to the Apple EU service centre in the Cezch Republic and they want £300 + taxes to repair it.

So either add protection to the screen (ruin the design), baby your watch or buy £80 AppleCare.

Bit gutted as I now have an expensive cracked paperweight … lesson learned.

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is the steel damaged any or just the glass damage?
 
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The-Real-Deal82

macrumors P6
Jan 17, 2013
17,290
25,429
Wales, United Kingdom
Can a third party repairer not fix this? I’ve never bought AC either and figure if I damage something once in a decade, I’ve saved a lot of money anyway. I also buy the aluminium watches so the loss or repair bill is nowhere near as much along with the depreciation lol.
 
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imlovinit

macrumors 6502a
Feb 8, 2012
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On a positive note , You can probably just sell it as is and use the funds towards AppleCare on your next watch
 
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