MAGSAFE adapter issuess

PS i am not trying to start a flame war, just bringing attention to something that is going ot be a huge concern for anyone who needs a new AC Adapter for their MBP anytime soon. And there was nothing in my previous thread that was worthy of having it completely wiped out.

Anthony - thanks much for the reply. If J&R Music World (the ONLY place i could find that had it in stock) can't fill my order i wil try Powermax...just called the only CompUSA's left here in town (some closed) and none of them have any in stock and they have none on order, probably due to the new ones coming.

basically Apple is telling me that the Adapter not covered under the MBP's warranty
(they claim it was normal wear and tear, i claim it was an electronic fraying of the cable as others have had happen to them...you can check the reviews on th actual Apple Store site to see, not anti-Mac conspiracy sites!)

After much lobbying on my part, they were going to send me a new one, but the ONLY stock they can get (assuming from the Apple Store online) are the new ones coming out later next month!! this is from APPLE.

i find all of this troubling, as NO brick and mortar stores i visited in town who would normally carry it (Microcenter, Fry's, Apple Store) have any now, and then the Apple Store employee's comments i found disturbing (i.e., taking the old adapters off of the shelf until the new ones come out, i fugured this was also why the other B&M's i visited were completely wiped out of the product).

if you're to believe half of the comments on the apple store's review page for the item, some kind of quiet recall would not surprise me at all, which is why i started the original thread.

the fact that the thread has disappeared as of this morning only makes the situation all the more frustrating for me.

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Clint - i would have gladly taken one of the older ones from APPLE but their "system" only allowed for them to pre-order me one of the new ones. So as far as they are concerned the old one doesn't exist in their system anymore.

as for the "old" adapters sudden disappearance, I guess I am just unlucky with my local Apple Stores (we have 2) and the other brick and mortars in my attempts to get something quick to use, as others here in this thread seem to have seen them or have Apple stores (like you mentioned Clint) that do indeed have them in stock. Perhaps the Apple employee I first spoke to was completely wrong about them being "pulled", we may never know. But it did seem odd t hat places that carry LARGE amounts of Apple peripherals (two local Microcenters and two Fry's) all of the sudden had ZERO. So when the Apple Store employee told me the story about them being pulled from their shelves, alarms set off in my mind as I became frustrated.

Still doesn't change the fact that I am having to spend $90 on something that should have been covered by warranty, and that's only if J&R Music World actually has them. Cannot find anywhere else online to get them (I will try Powermax as the previous poster mentioned), and as i have already stated nowhere in Atlanta semes to have any left.

Anthony it was the Apple store who told me they could not replace it (at first because they claimed wear and tear, and when i politely disagreed they were going to order me a new one until we figured out it wouldn't be coming for at least a month!)

if i had a month i would have gladly taken them up on it but i need an adapter ASAP so i can actually use my laptop.

when i get home from work I will attempt calling Applecare. I really did not forsee this being so hard to replace in such a big city!!!

I will also try ebay as I have no idea if J&R Music World actually has them, i have ordered "in stock" items from them before that were never actually in stock.

Anthony - thank you very much for your help. I will try ebay like you suggested (and ask for Heidi if I use Powermax). '

and it seems like my Apple Stores here in ATL are not the only ones without stock now, so maybe that employee's comments weren't false (about them being pulled from the shelves).

Anyone who needs their Magsafe AC adapter replaced immediately like me is in for a big surprise. It's not like this is a product for which a third party product can be purchased!!

nope, i have the 15" macbook pro.

here is the item on the apple site that is listed as shipping in 3-4 weeks

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=6C0 4E07A&nplm=MA938LL/A

no mention of screen size, just "FOR MACBOOK PRO".

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thanks for clarifying that neuro

Anthony - it turns out that the "local" CompUSA that has one in stock for me is 150 miles away! They closed ALL of the Atlanta CompUSA's!!! that is bizarre..

...and the only buy-it-nows i see on Ebay are $50 USED magsafes so i want to stay away from that. This is not an item i want to buy used for obvious reasons.

If J&R Music world can't come through for me, August might be a LOOONNG month for me!!!

You guys have to admit, this is kind of a poor "restocking" of an item on Apple's part when the new one isn't out yet, no other sites (other than Powermax or J&R) seem to have them, and there are no third-party alternatives?

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