Re: likely silly apple product buy question?

2018-11-28 Thread Arnold Schmidt
The following is only my opinion. Obviously, the damage to your IPhone had absolutely nothing to do with any manufacturing fault or defect, so most manufacturers would say, "that's too bad." They wouldn't fix it under any warranty, not even Apple care. And you are saying they offered you the

Re: likely silly apple product buy question?

2018-11-28 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, The standard Apple warranty does not cover user caused damage. Most standard warranties do not. Yes, AppleCare is required to cover such damage. This is normal practice with most electronics. Manufacturer defects or problems with software/hardware are covered, but if you spill your

Re: likely silly apple product buy question?

2018-11-28 Thread tim
Wish that was the case. However, my phone was dropped by a 2 yearold and broke the screen. Apple told me sense I didn’t have applecare it would cost me $100 to fix. Now sense my phone was under a year old I still could get applecare and have it fixed. Now as far as your resource there dreaming

Re: likely silly apple product buy question?

2018-11-28 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
hi, Specifically with Apple Care, you have a point. Whereas, the one year warranty provided by Apple is honoured no matter which authorized vender sold the Apple product. While the mark-up you state is normal in the retail business, my sources tell me that the retailer is not marking up the

Re: likely silly apple product buy question?

2018-11-28 Thread tim
Wish that it is true about Apple and there warranties. If the store sells it with applecare. Then Apple will fix it and if not then you will have to get applecare on your own. I know this from getting my iPhone 8 from T-mobile. They only gave a not working out of box return if phone was

Re: likely silly apple product buy question?

2018-11-20 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Depends. Apple products tend to have a very small markup. That's not to say that Apple doesn't make bags of money from there hardware, just that other retailers don't make a huge profit either. That being said, third party venders like BestBuy and such will often put Apple products on

Re: likely silly apple product buy question?

2018-11-20 Thread Karen Lewellen
Perfect sense, thank you! My guess is that often other stores have better prices yes? Kare On Tue, 20 Nov 2018, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi, You should still be able to get support from Apple. It is an Apple purchase, albeit from another vender, but the warranty, support

Re: likely silly apple product buy question?

2018-11-20 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, You should still be able to get support from Apple. It is an Apple purchase, albeit from another vender, but the warranty, support and such is still by Apple. It is usually your serial number that determines whether warranty or support is available, not the vender from which you

likely silly apple product buy question?

2018-11-20 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi everyone, First of two threads that I am keeping separate. Because of issues I am encountering, especially at places like Paypal, I am considering getting an Apple device. With the major sales coming up in the next few days, I want some direction before i start hunting. Getting the silly