Applecare

[Aluco]

So I finally committed and bought a MBP.

Yay.

Didn't get applecare through apple as it's nearly £200..

Can you get it anywhere else cheaper ? there's some cheap ones on ebay but they're from america and I'm not sure whether they're for the 09 model MBP.


Links would be properly ace, thanks.

 

[Feirny]

Student is £50 ish, I've also got £69 in my head, so could be that.

Welcome to the fold! <3

 

[Aluco]

I am nicht a student

Just want a cheap online link, sure I heard someone say you can get it on ebay but I don't know which buyers to trust.

Many thanks babe x

 

[Revels]

You can buy it from eBay, but I wouldn't. You'll never be sure it's legit until you come to need it and then it's way too late.

Buy it from Apple if you want it. Don't risk eBay. And I'm pretty sure student discount for AC only applies at the time of purchase.

 

[jenic]

If it wasnt for the student discount i wouldn't bother tbh.

Never needed it on my old mb which i had for nearly 3 years. Only got it on my mbp because of the student discount.

 

[Aluco]

fair enough, wont bother then.
Cheerss

 

[sn00p]

You can buy it from eBay, but I wouldn't. You'll never be sure it's legit until you come to need it and then it's way too late.

This.

The scam goes like this.

1) Applecare bought with stolen credit card.
2) Applecare is sold on ebay.
3) Apple find out that said applecare was bought with stolen card, so invalidate it.
4) Mac breaks.
5) You try to use said applecare only it's now flagged up as being bought with a stolen card and therefore is invalid.
6) You cry.

Because the purchase and the claim are (potentially) so far apart there's no way of knowing, the seller sends you the applecare so you leave positive feedback thanking them. It looks like they've sold loads and they've all got positive feedback, it's not until somebody tries to use it that they find out what has actually happened.

 

[Aluco]

Alright, cheers for the heads up. I wouldn't buy it from apple at £160. Can't stomach it on top of the machine price, not when students get it for £50 >_<

 

[Feirny]

Find a student

 

[Renshaw]

Student Discount counts for nothing hear tbh ...£229.90 if bought separately form the initial purchase of the MBP via the Apple Education Store

£58.75 if bought at the same time as the MBP with Student Discount!!



...no way round it tbh, gonna have to cough-up sunshine i'm afraid

 

[Aluco]

It's alright I just wont get it.

 

[danzel]

http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/coastal_computing/

This guy does a lot of cheap applecares. Isn't a scam as me and my old man both got them for our iphone 4s for £22 each from him and have done in the past, plus he got one for his ipad. Boy's currently doing one for the MBP for £68.95 but he would most likely accept £62 for it.

 

[172Ben]

Have you actually used one that you have bought from him?

 

[Lozza-p]

for the iphone its only £60 on the apple site ive not got it at the moment but will get it just before my warrenty is up

 

[Tonys]

http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/coastal_computing/

This guy does a lot of cheap applecares. Isn't a scam as me and my old man both got them for our iphone 4s for £22 each from him and have done in the past, plus he got one for his ipad. Boy's currently doing one for the MBP for £68.95 but he would most likely accept £62 for it.

Looks like this one was selling invalid applecare

 

[Adam.]

Generally you wont get AppleCare cheap, I work for a charity and we can screw suppliers down so hard when it comes to pricing but AppleCare is something that is never really discounted. Last one we got for a MBP was £170.65.

As for not buying it....IME you will need it at some point, and if you don't have it then you might aswell stick your MBP in the bin as you'll be bent over for repair.

 

[Rob]

Should always be bought at the time of purchase, you should ALWAYS find a student, then you pay £47 and we're all happy.

 

[Steve]

Should always be bought at the time of purchase, you should ALWAYS find a student, then you pay £47 and we're all happy.

Or member of staff

 

[Rob]

Indeed, but I think you'll agree, there are more students available to you that apple staff.

 

[Revels]

Employer discount is f**king ace! But for AppleCare, I think it's actually cheaper as a student.

 

[Ronnie R]

What does it even cover?

I've got it, but I was like a kid in a sweet store when I got mine.

 

[Adam.]

What does it even cover?

I've got it, but I was like a kid in a sweet store when I got mine.

Faulty hardware outside the 1 year warranty for up to 3 years.