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U.K mac repair

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ibanez

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Sep 30, 2003
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hey.

Finally gonna get my 15" 1.25 powerbook repaired, its got a broken latch and the "white spots" on my screen since oct when i got it. But I put up with it while it got me though my last year of uni.

Who's the best people to send it back for repair in the U.K ?, Apple or *computerwarehouse ? (http://www.cwonline.co.uk/)

*The place i bought it from in the first place.

Any thoughts u.k mac owners ???
 
the white spots are dead pixels and should be covered under 1 year warranty although I don't know what will happen as you didn't report it immediately
 
I'd imagine that cw will probably send it back to Apple anyhow - so it may depend on how many steps you want in the process.

I was having a look on the Apple support boards last week and it appears that recently people getting replacement 15" screens have been waiting for Apple's full 21 working days (ie better part of a month) before getting them returned.
 
I use KRCS. They've been pretty good for everything I've wanted them for, but it all boils down to whoever is nearest to you. They all get sent back to Apple anyway.
 
It's still within 12 months so give Apple a call, they'll ship you out a box via courier and then you send it back (get the courier to wait whilst you box it). I've done it several times and it really isn't a bother.

If you call CW, they'll just tell you to call Apple, and if you take it to Square, they'll just send it to Apple as well.
 
Square Computers do apple repairs. Squares Computers do a lot of repairs on site. They are located on New Oxford St. in London.
 
iGAV said:
and if you take it to Square, they'll just send it to Apple as well.
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Nope, they do in house repairs :p

The reason I ended up taking it somewhere to get fixed is that Apples collection policy for warranty work in the UK is utter sh*t. They expect you to sit at home for 3 days and a courier will turn up "at some time" ...bastards :mad:
 
edesignuk said:
Nope, they do in house repairs :p
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They don't for in warranty PowerBook's, they have to go back to Apple to be repaired, I tried Square the first time my first Ti PowerBook f**ked up and they said they have to send them back for warranty stuff (portables only), although they might have changed their policy now, I don't know, I don't use them.
 
Where to repair

Avoid KRCS, in my experience the staff know next to nothing about Macs and are very patronising indeed. I wouldn't be happy sending my baby there... :(
 
Miner Willy said:
Avoid KRCS, in my experience the staff know next to nothing about Macs and are very patronising indeed. I wouldn't be happy sending my baby there... :(
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I'm a regular at the Nottingham store... the staff couldn't be nicer, and seem to know their stuff rather well. *shrug*
 
ibanez said:
hey.

Finally gonna get my 15" 1.25 powerbook repaired, its got a broken latch and the "white spots" on my screen since oct when i got it. But I put up with it while it got me though my last year of uni.

Who's the best people to send it back for repair in the U.K ?, Apple or *computerwarehouse ? (http://www.cwonline.co.uk/)

*The place i bought it from in the first place.

Any thoughts u.k mac owners ???
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Well, if you bought it in October, make damn sure that you get it fixed within the warrantee period! I would personally take it into an authorised service centre if you can, like the Square Group as mentioned above. Their repairs are really expensive, but you won't be picking up the tab. Whatever you do, don't go to the shop on Kilburn High Road where they sell Macs. They are dodgier than a £3 note.
 
there should be a giant notice for all mac users, never ever ever ever not in a million years buy anything from the kilburn high street mac shop the guy there dosent know the difference between a yikes and a sawtooth g4 thats how bad it is, i went there to get a clock battery and asked for a 3.6v li-ion battery and he asked me what mac i had i told him a blue&white g3 he said i needed a "special one" that cost £30 i told him that i'm not stupid.
a freind of mine went there to get his g3 fixed (before i knew him) and they charged £200 for a replacement 300MHz zif that dident even fix it the logic board was bad, the zif was perfectly good, these people are scammers dont buy from them.
 
edesignuk said:
Nope, they do in house repairs :p

The reason I ended up taking it somewhere to get fixed is that Apples collection policy for warranty work in the UK is utter sh*t. They expect you to sit at home for 3 days and a courier will turn up "at some time" ...bastards :mad:
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" at some time" yep ive heard that a number of times, normally after 40 mins on phone.... 3 days....how about 10 days (7 days late) for a box to pack it in.
 
I agree with the chaps above - Square on New Oxford Street is a really good place to go. But it really depends where you live...
 
The first powerbook that I bought was from John Lewis last year and developed a fault with the bluetooth module. A friend of a friend also needed to get his powerbook fixed at the same time. I found out that John Lewis don't do their own repairs, so I returned mine to Apple and got it back a week later, perfect. The friend of a friend had to wait several weeks b4 getting it back from John Lewis.
 
contary to most peoples opinions i'm not fond of micro anvika i got burnt when i got an end of line cd burner that dident work on any of my macs but worked in the store macs it constantly failed to verify disks i have many coasters around the house (now i have a nice firewire formac burner)
 
James Craner said:
The first powerbook that I bought was from John Lewis last year and developed a fault with the bluetooth module. A friend of a friend also needed to get his powerbook fixed at the same time. I found out that John Lewis don't do their own repairs, so I returned mine to Apple and got it back a week later, perfect. The friend of a friend had to wait several weeks b4 getting it back from John Lewis.
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I bought mine from John Lewis and had problems in first few weeks. Seems it was a lemon. Apple suggested sending it back to them for repair. John Lewis just gave me a new one. I guess after more than a month, they'll just send then onto Apple so you have an extra step on the way there and back. I guess though that once the Apple guarantee is up and you need to use the extra year's warranty, you'd have to go back through JL?
 
Applespider said:
I bought mine from John Lewis and had problems in first few weeks. Seems it was a lemon. Apple suggested sending it back to them for repair. John Lewis just gave me a new one. I guess after more than a month, they'll just send then onto Apple so you have an extra step on the way there and back. I guess though that once the Apple guarantee is up and you need to use the extra year's warranty, you'd have to go back through JL?
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same with me. JL were really good and just swopped an ibook, after 2months no probs
 
Where to repair 2

Originally Posted by Miner Willy

Avoid KRCS, in my experience the staff know next to nothing about Macs and are very patronising indeed. I wouldn't be happy sending my baby there...


I'm a regular at the Nottingham store... the staff couldn't be nicer, and seem to know their stuff rather well. *shrug*
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I guess it differs from store to store but the one in Leeds ain't right cracking.

I guess if in doubt go direct to apple...

I've got to agree with RogerW about John Lewis though, they may not be a computer specialist shop but they work
 
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