Justin, If you're still in your 1-year warranty period, and intend to eventually buy AppleCare, then by all means DO buy the AppleCare AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Because, your original warranty gives you only 90 days of phone support, and a year of hardware coverage. Buying AppleCare not only extends the hardware support by 2 years, but also "catches up" on the phone support. Apple might promise a refund of your phone support payment if you later buy AppleCare, but why go through the rigamarole?
Secondly, I agree with Jim Freeman who points out that you get a rather significant discount on AppleCare if you buy it from SmallDog. You needn't have bought your Mac from them to buy the AppleCare, either. Just be sure you get it bought and registered before the end of your first year. Finally... I reiterate my appreciation for AppleCare. I spent an hour and a half with them solving a perplexing Jaguar "blue screen of death" problem on last Sunday afternoon. They're fantastic. I contrast that experience with my attempts to get the simplest information from the Dell website, and I'm glad I stuck with Apple. --Jim. Justin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have all intentions of getting applecare...just a matter of > when....they said they will refund the 50 bucks, but i just dont > want.... > > On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 02:36 PM, Jim Freeman wrote: >> $299.95 to be exact. My experience is that if you tell them it's a >> hardware problem (with conviction), they will talk to you on the phone >> for free. On the other hand, my father's experience has taught me that >> AppleCare can be a good deal. I think this is especially true with the >> 500 mhz iBook, because it was the first of the new model and seems to >> have a lot of problems. You can get Applecare at a discount at >> Smalldog. >>> ack, thats unfortunate..... few hundered bucks? mine still has >>> warranty >>> (purchased april of this year, so im good until next april) however >>> the >>> "phone support" period is over, so they want to rake me for 50 >>> bucks................... -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
