AppleCare Student Discount Question.

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I recently bought a MacBook Pro with the education discount and still had to buy AppleCare for it, so I don't think it comes with a 3 year warranty because of the education discount.

You can buy AppleCare Protection Plan for up to a year after purchase: http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MD014LL/A/applecare-protection-plan-for-macboo k-macbook-air-13-macbook-pro If you did not buy at the time of purchase, you may need to call Apple to find out about the education discount.

It should, it is the policy for everyone. http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MD014LL/A/applecare-protection-plan-for-macboo k-macbook-air-13-macbook-pro

From above link:

Important Note

The AppleCare Protection Plan can be purchased only while your Mac is still covered under the standard one-year limited warranty. See AppleCare Protection Plan Terms and Conditionsfor complete product details.

Yes you can buy Applecare with the student discount. You have up to one yr to buy the upgrade warranty- has to be bought and registered before your one yr warranty expires.

It is easy enough to do over the phone, mention you want the student discount.

http://www.apple.com/contact/

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012), OS X El Capitan(10.11.2), i7 480GB SSD 16GB RAM iPhone5 iOS9.2, Parallels10.0.2

CRT8 wrote:

And as I wasn't offered the choice when I made the purchase I feel I'm entitled to the discounted price,

I Really can't afford to fork out the full price of the applecar, and I think it's so wrong they didn't offer me it on the spot, I would have bought it there and then! I'll have to go and ask for a manager tomorrow at the store.

You can easily purchase and register via a phone call to AppleCare, you don't have to talk to a manager, you still can get your student discount.

Contact Apple for support and service - Apple Support

Student discount for Applecare is $100 off the retail price.

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012), OS X El Capitan(10.11.2), i7 480GB SSD 16GB RAM iPhone5 iOS9.2, Parallels10.0.2

CRT8 wrote:

Thanks for your reply!

Just to make sure - it's irrelevant that I bought it instore right? I can still purchase the AppleCare with student discount?

A purchase is a purchase, independent of where and how. I don't know how else to say it.

Yes, you can still purchase the AppleCare with student discount.

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012), OS X El Capitan(10.11.2), i7 480GB SSD 16GB RAM iPhone5 iOS9.2, Parallels10.0.2

Just to add. My daughter, who is a student bought a Imac online,. she did not but additional AppleCare for 3 weeks. She went to the nearest apple store and purchased the three years extra. No one told her she could not.

AppleCare covers hardware defects, not accidental damage. Sorry.

Some countries dictate longer warranty than 1 year. Not sure which ones. As to general "consumer law", I guess you would have to prove it was a "lemon" (badly put together, a loser from day one) but consumer-law attorneys know better than I.

Try this link: http://www.apple.com/us-hed/shop/browse/home/applecare

You are welcome.