I would like to take a further action by put these scam on the eBay web board, and may contact innocent customers of those Applecare Warranty scammed sellers. Otherwise, my thread will be worthless. let's see what will happen....
I just bought a bunch of Applecare Warranty codes for Imac, Macbook Air, and my personal Macbook Pro. I realize that the codes have a pattern (I know it) and easy to crack it down (just change some certain digit, then you get a free code). I'm just wondering this may be the way eBay Applecare sellers sell Applecare without boxes.
This might be the watch those eBay sellers get Applecare codes.
1. Go to https://selfsolve.apple.com/Agreements.do to get in the register page and because the code is random by a certain pattern. So, the eBay sellers can use the codes with unfinished register process to provide them to eBay customers. Moreover, the site lets people try to put the codes as many time as they like. As a result, you will get one that it will be recognized by code available sign.
2. After registering the code, anyways Apple website automatically send the confirm e-mail to customers who registered the codes without checking code valid.
3. Applecare coverage can be checked by the month of expiration date warranty ( https://selfsolve.apple.com/GetWarranty.do ) which is very weired.
Since the eBay sellers get Applecare warranty codes for free, they just give money back whenever buyers use invalid codes or question about the boxes and serials. If my scenario is right, those eBay Applecare Warranty sellers get millions in profit without investing a cent.
I'm pretty sure for those eBay sellers who sell Applecare warranty codes without boxes will use this method to get Applecare Warranty codes for all Apple products.
I think it will be better to move this thread to the big discussion board because this is a big hole for Apple.
I'm just thinking how much money do app.holdings, isellimac, macman and other eBay Applecare Warranty sellers make if they get it for free?
I love Apple!!!!! And hopefully Apple does something to keep this codes safe!!!!
I just bought a bunch of Applecare Warranty codes for Imac, Macbook Air, and my personal Macbook Pro. I realize that the codes have a pattern (I know it) and easy to crack it down (just change some certain digit, then you get a free code).
Just wondering, how do we know you actually did any of this? You created your account immediately prior to posting this "secret info", and your name is "applecaresecret". Sounds like a bunch of BS to me.
And who are you? You created your account immediately prior to this post as well![]()
I just finished a Applecare Warranty research on eBay. Guess what.... the seller that you bought Applecare from has the same type template format with seller called kordepa with 7 feedbacks, and from Japan. I bet that both accounts have the same owner, but one of them got suspended.
Thousands of feedbacks do not mean he/she sells valid Applecare code. Obviously, he/she can issue a full refund to any customers because it is a free code that you can crack it by youself from Apple site.
Yeah, those idiots at apple made their AppleCare so easy to "crack" by anyone. A multi-billion dollar company has 5 year olds writing their AppleCare algorithm.![]()
I was under the impression that the AppleCare algorithm has, in fact, been cracked, and that is the likely reason that AppleCare is so widely available grey-market.
I mean, think about it. AppleCare is not a physical product that has production costs and normal margins as a physical product does. Where are these sellers getting all these copies of AppleCare from, and why would Apple be making them available by the tens and hundreds of thousands at substantially reduced prices? Something here just doesn't add up.
If you do not get the physical package aka "the box" and an invoice, then your chance is very high that you got ripped off.
I can recommend www.mac-pro.com - they DO ship the original box AND an invoice PLUS they have very good prices AND they also sell them on eBay http://stores.ebay.com/Mac-Pro-Systems
I have read that IT departments can buy these in bulk (300 - 400 at a time), delivered electronically by Apple for their clients, and they in turn sell them in bulk. A handful of these could supply all of the digital AppleCare out there.
That's one of several common explanations for the source of those "code only" applecare. However, typically most site license software sold in bulk to corporations isn't licensed for resale on to individual consumers which leaves the ebay buyer at risk should Apple ask them to verify their purchase with either a receipt from an authorized reseller or the serial from the box, then they're out of luck and their money is down the drain.
There are a number of theories as to where these "code only" applecare come from, code generators, stolen, damaged packaging, but in the end it doesn't really matter, the consumer is screwed if they can't prove their purchase was from a legitimate source.
EVERY code provided by these scam sellers is bogus, created through random code generation.
Yes, you may be able to register the code they provide you. But the fact that the Apple registration system "accepts" it still does not mean it's valid. All it REALLY means is that no one with a bona fide code (that is, one that appears on the outside of a bona fide AppleCare box) has yet to be registered. At some time in the future, someone else could register the same code, and in all likelihood, the bogus (identical) code that YOU previously entered will then be declared invalid.
There are so many scams on ebay over Applecare that it's really hard to say especially since all he sends you is the code with no box.
While you'll probably pay a little more than on ebay, Amazon is cheaper than Apple, and you know it will be legit.