Re: warranties
On Monday, July 21, 2003, at 12:27 PM, Thomas Ethen wrote: I reset mine quite often and it is still there! As is mine. (Pismo 500.) on 7/21/03 11:39, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thomas Ethen wrote: The serial number is also in System Profiler! Only if the PRAM has never been reset. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
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System Profiler shows my sn as not applicable and I have reset my pram many times (Wallstreet 266, os 9.2.1). Just FYI, I had the exact same issue with my 233mhz Wallstreet in every OS from 8.1 through 9.1! I'm fairly sure I was using the original HD, too. Bill Grady http://billgrady.com/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
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Thomas Ethen wrote: The serial number is also in System Profiler! Only if the PRAM has never been reset. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
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Bruce Johnson wrote: Thomas Ethen wrote: The serial number is also in System Profiler! Only if the PRAM has never been reset. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs Wait ONE... My imac se400 and pismo 400 have been had the PRAM reset too many times to count and the serial # shows up in the profiler under the last info blockProduction Information.. Regards, Mike K -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
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K. wrote: Bruce Johnson wrote: Thomas Ethen wrote: The serial number is also in System Profiler! Only if the PRAM has never been reset. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs Wait ONE... My imac se400 and pismo 400 have been had the PRAM reset too many times to count and the serial # shows up in the profiler under the last info blockProduction Information.. Regards, Mike K Ok, then *some* systems will no longer show the serial number in the system profiler when the PRAM has been reset. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
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I reset mine quite often and it is still there! on 7/21/03 11:39, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thomas Ethen wrote: The serial number is also in System Profiler! Only if the PRAM has never been reset. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
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I think you loose it after you've replaced the hard drive. Don't know about the PRAM. On Monday, July 21, 2003, at 02:27 PM, Thomas Ethen wrote: I reset mine quite often and it is still there! on 7/21/03 11:39, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thomas Ethen wrote: The serial number is also in System Profiler! Only if the PRAM has never been reset. John Slavin Kirksville, MO [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
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On Monday, July 21, 2003, at 12:12 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: K. wrote: Bruce Johnson wrote: Thomas Ethen wrote: The serial number is also in System Profiler! Only if the PRAM has never been reset. Wait ONE... My imac se400 and pismo 400 have been had the PRAM reset too many times to count and the serial # shows up in the profiler under the last info blockProduction Information.. Regards, Mike K Ok, then *some* systems will no longer show the serial number in the system profiler when the PRAM has been reset. there's not a single mac model that stores the SN in PRAM. there are two possibilities - older models store it in the boot sector of the hard drive. others have it encoded in the logic board ROM. so... on some models, zero-all-data and/or replacing the hard drive will destroy the stored s/n. on all recent vintage macs, replacing the logic board is the only way to erase this info. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
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20030721 System Profiler shows my sn as not applicable and I have reset my pram many times (Wallstreet 266, os 9.2.1). Just FYI, J -- Tanglewood Ordinary Restaurant On the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register True FamilyStyle Dining since 1986 Fried Chicken, Roast Beef, Country Ham, mashed potatoes, green beans, blackeyed peas, stewed tomatoes...and MORE! Got Dinner...? Anne Jim Hardwick, Proprietors 2210 River Road West Maidens, VA 23102-2705 804-556-3284 804-556-4432 (personal emergencies) PDFs preferred in lieu of fax, please 1-707-929-1392 efax -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
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Hi! I have been offered a new and unused Titanium powerbook which the seller says he recently obtained from an Apple employee at Cupertino. But there is no proof of purchase with the machine. Without proof of purchase would I have no warranty, if there is a major failure of some sort in the first year? I thought one could tell the age from the serial number. Would that be sufficient for a warranty? Does anyone know the answers? Mike -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
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re; the serial number should prove its not stolen,therefor warranty registration should not be a problem if less than a year,or if you are purchaseing the extended care yourself,alot of used machines probably dont have original recipt,just check thats its clean numbers On Friday, July 18, 2003, at 04:40 AM, Michel Treisman wrote: Hi! I have been offered a new and unused Titanium powerbook which the seller says he recently obtained from an Apple employee at Cupertino. But there is no proof of purchase with the machine. Without proof of purchase would I have no warranty, if there is a major failure of some sort in the first year? I thought one could tell the age from the serial number. Would that be sufficient for a warranty? Does anyone know the answers? Mike -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
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Where do you go with the serial number to find out if it is stolen or not?? on 7/18/03 6:29 AM, Kurt Appling at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: re; the serial number should prove its not stolen,therefor warranty registration should not be a problem if less than a year,or if you are purchaseing the extended care yourself,alot of used machines probably dont have original recipt,just check thats its clean numbers On Friday, July 18, 2003, at 04:40 AM, Michel Treisman wrote: Hi! I have been offered a new and unused Titanium powerbook which the seller says he recently obtained from an Apple employee at Cupertino. But there is no proof of purchase with the machine. Without proof of purchase would I have no warranty, if there is a major failure of some sort in the first year? I thought one could tell the age from the serial number. Would that be sufficient for a warranty? Does anyone know the answers? Mike -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
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I would be suspect that the powerbook is stolen and that would quite possibly eliminate any possibility of warranty work from Apple! Tom on 7/18/03 3:40, Michel Treisman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I have been offered a new and unused Titanium powerbook which the seller says he recently obtained from an Apple employee at Cupertino. But there is no proof of purchase with the machine. Without proof of purchase would I have no warranty, if there is a major failure of some sort in the first year? I thought one could tell the age from the serial number. Would that be sufficient for a warranty? Does anyone know the answers? Mike -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
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on 7/18/03 6:36 AM, Bruce Mitchell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where do you go with the serial number to find out if it is stolen or not?? cops -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
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Which cops? This is a global world, a Powerbook can be stolen in New York and sold as new in Paris. Isn't there a global registration of stolen Powerbooks? Joaquim On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 19:06, Illovox Media wrote: on 7/18/03 6:36 AM, Bruce Mitchell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where do you go with the serial number to find out if it is stolen or not?? cops -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
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on 7/18/03 11:17 AM, Joaquim Carvalho at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which cops? This is a global world, a Powerbook can be stolen in New York and sold as new in Paris. Isn't there a global registration of stolen Powerbooks? Joaquim On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 19:06, Illovox Media wrote: on 7/18/03 6:36 AM, Bruce Mitchell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where do you go with the serial number to find out if it is stolen or not?? cops I was referring to the states. The EU should have something, no? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
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on 7/18/03 11:48 AM, Illovox Media at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 7/18/03 11:17 AM, Joaquim Carvalho at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which cops? This is a global world, a Powerbook can be stolen in New York and sold as new in Paris. Isn't there a global registration of stolen Powerbooks? Joaquim On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 19:06, Illovox Media wrote: on 7/18/03 6:36 AM, Bruce Mitchell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where do you go with the serial number to find out if it is stolen or not?? cops I was referring to the states. The EU should have something, no? Even in the states there is no national registration of stolen product serial numbers. It is still pretty much local. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
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On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 19:48, Illovox Media wrote: on 7/18/03 11:17 AM, Joaquim Carvalho at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which cops? This is a global world, a Powerbook can be stolen in New York and sold as new in Paris. Isn't there a global registration of stolen Powerbooks? Joaquim On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 19:06, Illovox Media wrote: on 7/18/03 6:36 AM, Bruce Mitchell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where do you go with the serial number to find out if it is stolen or not?? cops I was referring to the states. The EU should have something, no? Yeah but if someone steals a Powerbook in Rome and sells it to you in LA do you think the US cops will know? Joaquim -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
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on 7/18/03 11:52 AM, Bruce Mitchell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 7/18/03 11:48 AM, Illovox Media at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 7/18/03 11:17 AM, Joaquim Carvalho at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which cops? This is a global world, a Powerbook can be stolen in New York and sold as new in Paris. Isn't there a global registration of stolen Powerbooks? Joaquim On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 19:06, Illovox Media wrote: on 7/18/03 6:36 AM, Bruce Mitchell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where do you go with the serial number to find out if it is stolen or not?? cops I was referring to the states. The EU should have something, no? Even in the states there is no national registration of stolen product serial numbers. It is still pretty much local. Not so. I just went through a situation. Unit stolen in CA checked from Seattle. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
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on 7/18/03 11:55 AM, Illovox Media at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 7/18/03 11:52 AM, Bruce Mitchell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 7/18/03 11:48 AM, Illovox Media at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 7/18/03 11:17 AM, Joaquim Carvalho at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which cops? This is a global world, a Powerbook can be stolen in New York and sold as new in Paris. Isn't there a global registration of stolen Powerbooks? Joaquim On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 19:06, Illovox Media wrote: on 7/18/03 6:36 AM, Bruce Mitchell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where do you go with the serial number to find out if it is stolen or not?? cops I was referring to the states. The EU should have something, no? Even in the states there is no national registration of stolen product serial numbers. It is still pretty much local. Not so. I just went through a situation. Unit stolen in CA checked from Seattle. Really. Can you provide a URL or phone number or other means of accessing such a system? I ask because before posting my earlier respons I double-checked with the local police department and they advised there is no national serial number registration system available to the public. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
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on 7/18/03 11:54 AM, Joaquim Carvalho at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah but if someone steals a Powerbook in Rome and sells it to you in LA do you think the US cops will know? Joaquim in the states, only in the states is what I was referring to -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
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Not so. I just went through a situation. Unit stolen in CA checked from Seattle. Really. Can you provide a URL or phone number or other means of accessing such a system? I ask because before posting my earlier respons I double-checked with the local police department and they advised there is no national serial number registration system available to the public. Well aren't you the assiduous devil. Don't ask me, ask Seattle police. And they don't check serial numbers, they check reports of stolen items PLUS ANY DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS. If you marked the serial # down anywhere, they check it against yoru report and items found. That simple. There is a national data base of police reports. that simple. And there has been for many many years. Jiminey Cricket. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
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re; I agree, the serial number should be on the case,and a call to local sheriffs office (here) would show a stolen property.if its clean you have no problem On Friday, July 18, 2003, at 02:06 PM, Illovox Media wrote: on 7/18/03 6:36 AM, Bruce Mitchell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where do you go with the serial number to find out if it is stolen or not?? cops -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: warranties
On 7/18/03 4:40 AM, Michel Treisman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Hi! I have been offered a new and unused Titanium powerbook which the seller says he recently obtained from an Apple employee at Cupertino. But there is no proof of purchase with the machine. Without proof of purchase would I have no warranty, if there is a major failure of some sort in the first year? I thought one could tell the age from the serial number. Would that be sufficient for a warranty? Does anyone know the answers? I can run the serial number (I'm an Apple Authorized Service Provider) for you right now to tell you if it's ever been registered or if Apple has any notes about it. Send it to me offlist. -- Kyle H. Hansen It's Always darkest... right before it gets totally black. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: warranties
The serial number is also in System Profiler! Tom on 7/18/03 8:16 PM, Kurt Appling at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: re; I agree, the serial number should be on the case,and a call to local sheriffs office (here) would show a stolen property.if its clean you have no problem -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: warranties
Mike, If the Titanium is a model that has been updated more than 1 year ago in Apple's product line, do yourself a favor and save a lot of steps by contacting Apple with the serial number and tell them you would like to register it. A co-worker bought an iBook (300mHz) from Sears on closeout new in the box in 2001 and didn't register it until a few months after purchase. A key popped off and the speaker acted up. He called to get warranty work performed and a proof of purchase was required even after he had registered it online because the product was well beyond the date of discontinuation. My Dad bought a G4 iMac in April 2003 that had been repackaged with updated software through Apple and sold new by Micro Center. Apple Care was purchased at the same time, and when we registered Apple Care over the phone, proof of purchase was required because of the age of the machine. In both cases the proof of purchase was required to validate the full warranty. Check that first, then worry if it is stolen. Shawn On Friday, July 18, 2003, at 04:40 AM, Michel Treisman wrote: Hi! I have been offered a new and unused Titanium powerbook which the seller says he recently obtained from an Apple employee at Cupertino. But there is no proof of purchase with the machine. Without proof of purchase would I have no warranty, if there is a major failure of some sort in the first year? I thought one could tell the age from the serial number. Would that be sufficient for a warranty? Does anyone know the answers? Mike -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
