Apple Care Plans

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So my gf wants a MacBook Pro and i met someone who recently sold me a PS3 brand new for an amazing price. He had mentioned that he also sells MacBook Pros brand new for cheap. He doesnt provide receipts or anything which prompts me that he fell out of the back of a truck. though i cant confirm. my ps3 which i bought from him recently works perfectly fine. But, when it comes to laptops and your spending more and being a laptop at all. she wants to make sure she gets a warrenty which to my knowledge, you cant have it unless you have a receipt because the duration of the warrenty is based on the receipt. Anyone know whether she can just walk into an apple store and purchase the warrenty without proof of a receipt?

any advice?
 
Whenever a retailer or a large company looses inventory on something like a laptop they report all the serial numbers to the manufacture. If you walk into the Apple store and the serial and branded as hot they will call the cops and at the very least you will never see the laptop again.

So if you do buy it,,, be prepared to treat it as no warranty at all
 
Basically what Jay said.
You can go in anytime and and buy the extended Apple Care Plan package ( thats what you are talking about right?) anytime you want, they're not gonna ask for receipt of your computer.
I might not remember correctly but I do believe when you finally install and register for that plan, its up to not the receipt # but serial # of laptop.

If you're just talking about the 1 year basic warranty that comes when you buy a product from them, you can obviously forget about that if its stolen.

Out of curiosity, how much is the guy selling Macbook pro for? PM if you like
 
When you start up the computer for the first time, it will ask for information and it will try to connect to the internet and register itself. Personally, I always recommend the Apple extended warranty for laptops.
 
Compromised said:
When you start up the computer for the first time, it will ask for information and it will try to connect to the internet and register itself. Personally, I always recommend the Apple extended warranty for laptops.
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Hey that is correct! So I guess if it is stolen and they would obviously report the serial #, once it connects and register itself, they will automatically know where you are right? So kinda pointless get a stolen laptop from Apple, unless you want to get caught?
 
I'm on my fourth generation Apple laptop, all bought used. Never had the slightest need or even inclination to go to Apple for anything. All trouble-free, easy to use—there's lotsa books and on-line help boards—and most hardware repairs/upgrades I've been able to do myself. This MacBook's designed to make some of them user projects.
 
Compromised said:
When you start up the computer for the first time, it will ask for information and it will try to connect to the internet and register itself. Personally, I always recommend the Apple extended warranty for laptops.
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It will try to connect but it doesn't have to - you can just tell it you'll do it later...
 
well my dealer said it isnt a "hot" item. i think how it works with him is he probably knows a guy who distributes mac laptop to big companies like futureshop. and he probably gets them under the table and pays cash to avoid paying taxes. therefore he tries to sell it to me with no taxes either and no company or giant corporate middle man and just ends up passing the savings to the consumer.

i guess to just confirm my question i think i wasnt clear is. i just need to confirm how the apple care plan works. can i just walk in...say im buying it for my laptop....and if my laptop breaks down during the duration of the plan. can i send my laptop in?
 
In that case it isnt reported stolen so just take it in the store and tell them you want to buy warranty for it.
 
soulsphere said:
i guess to just confirm my question i think i wasnt clear is. i just need to confirm how the apple care plan works. can i just walk in...say im buying it for my laptop....and if my laptop breaks down during the duration of the plan. can i send my laptop in?
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You get a one year warranty that starts up the moment you register with Apple. It will probably ask you if you want to buy the extended warranty at that time. Generally I want 10 months and then buy the warranty (as long as you buy the extension before the original warranty period is up, you are good to go).

No need to "send" the laptop in. If it is under warranty any Apple Authorized dealer will take it in. If you take it to a big box store like Future Shop, they will probably ship it to Apple. If you take it to an Apple Store or Carbon Computing, it will probably be fixed in the local store.

I find that because I use my laptop on the road a lot that I get issues. A white G4 iBook had design issues and the logic board had to be replaced twice under warranty. The most rock solid design was the original 300 Mhz "Clamshell" iBook in Bondi Blue or Orange. That thing was a marvel of indestructible design. But heavy.
 
soulsphere said:
i guess to just confirm my question i think i wasnt clear is. i just need to confirm how the apple care plan works. can i just walk in...say im buying it for my laptop....and if my laptop breaks down during the duration of the plan. can i send my laptop in?
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You don't need a receipt to get it repaired. It comes with an automatic 1 year warranty. Get the serial number from the person your buying it and you check it on apple's website. I would also advise you get the extra warranty

The truth is that most companies out there don't submit the serials of lost or stolen computers to Apple or any computer companies. They may want you to believe that, but it would cost way too much for Apple to keep extra track of all the lost or stolen computers and there is no direct profit from it. If there is anyone they would report stolen computers to, it would be the police or the insurance companies. Only they have true interest in recovering lost or stolen property.



Thanks



Nicole
 
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