[X4U] Applecare

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I heartily concur with the side of this discussion that is pro Applecare.
Up until my current G5, I had to use it exactly once to have a zip drive
replaced on my beige G3.  In the 14 months I have had this G5, I am, alas,
on my 3rd logic board, my 2nd processor, and at my wit's end.  However,
Applecare has footed the bill for all this, as well as pick up and delivery.

[FWIW:  I did speak to Apple, and pleasantly and very apologetically they
agreed that if anything else goes wrong with this machine, it will be
replaced.]


On 10/3/05 5:00 PM, "Philip J Robar" <pjrobar at areyoureallythatstupid.org>
wrote:

> 
> On Oct 3, 2005, at 1:31 PM, Ted Burton wrote:
> 
>> At 8:13 PM +0100 on 10/3/05, Phillip Deackes spoke about [X4U]
>> Applecare thusly:
>> 
>>> The free 1yr warranty on my 15" 1.67MHz G4 Powerbook is due to end
>>> in Feb 2006. I am considering taking out Applecare, especially
>>> since a colleague's 17" Powerbook has stopped working and he has
>>> been quoted hundreds of pounds to repair it . . .
>> 
>> I buy such things. AppleCare on my Mac mini was a blessing. And
>> when I bought a used truck a year ago, I paid for an extended
>> warranty which just saved me five times its cost by purchasing me a
>> new transmission. Two good lessons.
> 
> You're the lucky exception. Every consumer magazine and newspaper
> column I've ever read says that in the long run for the vast majority
> of people extended warranty's are not a good value. They are an
> almost pure profit stream for the companies that offer them. What
> I've seen recommended is that you take all the money that you would
> have spent on extended warranties and put it into an account. That
> way you keep the money, you're earning interest on the money, and
> it's there IF you ever need it.
> 
> I think that Applecare for inexpensive things like a Mini or my $1000
> Powerbook are a complete rip off as they cost a significant fraction
> of the cost of the machine. And in the ~20 years that I've been a Mac
> owner I've never needed to call Apple for support.
> 
> 
> Phil
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