why buy a macbook at an apple store vs best buy
I am curious of what the benefits are from buying from the apple store vs somewhere like Best Buy where you can get the same product for cheaper right now.
MacBook Pro
You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!
When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.
When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.
I am curious of what the benefits are from buying from the apple store vs somewhere like Best Buy where you can get the same product for cheaper right now.
MacBook Pro
I bought an iphone 5 from Best Buy and I had water damage which was covered by their warranty. I was thrilled to be handed a "new" phone that worked perfectly well. Then I started to experience the battery recall problem where my iphone 5 would not hold a charge. My best buy warranty ran out but I didnt worry cause I knew Apple would replace the battery because it was recalled by Apple. I brought it to Apple Store and they said it was not an authenticated Apple product and showed me the back of the phone which did not have a serial # on it??? Apple store recognized I had an originally purchased Apple iPhone 5 in their system.I knew I had purchased an authentic apple iphone 5 from best buy so they asked if I ever had a repair? Apple store recognized I had an originally purchased Apple iPhone 5 in their system. I said yes I had it replaced for water damage under their warranty. Turns out I had to go back to Best Buy and BB would not honor the refurbished product even though they had replaced with my Apple product with a non Apple product. Best Buy said they couldn't honor their repaired product because it was out of warranty and they said the battery recall was something only Apple would be able to replace. Apple said they could not replace the battery because it was no longer an Apple authenticated product. THANKS BEST BUY FOR THE HEADS UP ON NOT USING APPLE PRODUCTS TO REPLACE and REPAIR YOUR APPLE BOUGHT AND SOLD PRODUCTS! Now I have a perfectly good Iphone that has a dead battery that will cost me more than the phone is worth to replace even though it is a factory defective battery that has been recalled!
Becasue people who work at Apple Stores actually know the product. They receive training from Apple.
I have read threads in here that worst buy is offering lower prices on macs lately, but I havent checked myself.
CTFD wrote:
Anyone know if you can still get the same customer service at an Apple Store with a product purchased elsewhere?
Yes. Apple does not care where you purchased your Apple product.
Thanks for all the replies. Shldr2theweel thanks for the infor about contacting the store. I'll check with then tomorrow.
welcome 🙂
BB's warranty is particularly valuable if you want to make sure any repairs to your machine are performed by people who have no idea what they're doing.
Hey, Im all for Apple products... But fixing a MacBook is not rocket science. It's not any different from other cpu's. As long as genuine parts are used.
Ok, I understand that I just don't think all BB employees are incoherent. They even have apple employees in there stores now.
Lol, it's money bug. More storefronts for apple to push there "idope".
My fault i didnt read all the way to the end of the discussion.
why buy a macbook at an apple store vs best buy