Beating the Applecare/ebay dead horse

[Doc]

IronMac wrote: I went and purchased AppleCare for my MBP at the Apple Store instead.

Next time, just buy from a reputable vendor. You'll pay more than on eBay, but way less than Apple. Provantage, for example, has AppleCare for a MBP for about $70 bucks less than Apple.

wurm wrote: if what the big eBay sellers are selling is a legit Applecare plan, why not send the registration number and serial number to the winning bidder?

When businesses purchase large quantities of AppleCare warranties, they usually get one boxed copy and the rest are just printed registration codes.

Those numbers are legit. It's just hard to distinguish them from numbers that come from a keygen.

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Personally, I buy AppleCare only in the box from eBay sellers and as a general rule I only buy from U.S. sellers with good ratings who have been selling for more than 2 years.

[JPK]

Put me in the + column! I have bought 2 Applecare contracts over the years on ebay and both have been legit with no problems at all.

Obviously, you will want to buy from someone who appears to be a reputable seller.

JPK

[Trouble]

JPK wrote:
Put me in the + column! I have bought 2 Applecare contracts over the years on ebay and both have been legit with no problems at all.

Obviously, you will want to buy from someone who appears to be a reputable seller.

JPK

I went looking for Applecare the other day and there was someone selling it $25 cheaper than everyone else. Email code only, out of country, and only had about 8 feedback. I passed.

[IronMac]

Doc, good advice! I went and checked out Computer Superwarehouse and they're about a hundred bucks off of MBP coverage.