#How to purchase applecare online serial number
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#How to purchase applecare online mac

For me it wasn't that much of a hassle to take the machine over there since the store is fairly close to where I live, but for someone who lives at a distance definitely it would behoove them to buy AppleCare at the time of purchasing the machine or get AppleCare online.ДЄfter she had 'inspected' my rMBP and got the serial number from it, and I had paid for the AppleCare, the Specialist then automatically enrolled my machine with AppleCare. The Specialist explained that in the retail stores this is their policy now - that said, I think one can still buy AppleCare online or through a third-party vendor such as B&H. I suppose I could have just taken in my receipt, which also has the serial number on it, but figured I'd do the whole thing with the machine just for the heck of it. ? I would also guess that this could definitely put a crimp in the sales of AppleCare from places other than the Apple store, too, unless the purchase were made at the same time that someone is purchasing a machine there.ДЄn update: I did indeed take my 15' rMBP into the Apple store and someone looked it over briefly (didn't even open it, though) and got the serial number from the bottom case and that was that.

I am guessing that this is why there is apparently now the requirement for a machine to be brought in and examined both on the outside and through diagnostic tests.

#How to purchase applecare online mac

My friend said, as we were discussing this on the way home, 'but your machine is NEW!' I nodded and said, 'but it is possible for someone to purchase a new Mac one day and the same day or the very next day something untoward happens: a drop, a liquid spill, someone steps on the thing, it gets knocked into a wall.' Also some situations may not be clearly recognizable as being accidental events or an incident could happen which doesn't leave apparent damage on the machine's exterior but nonetheless affects something on the inside. Having the prospective AppleCare purchaser bring his or her machine into the store for an inspection prior to the sale of the AppleCare coverage protects both Apple and the consumer from fraudulent purchases and claims. That's something else that I think is fairly new. The guy with whom we spoke today also said that the AppleCare purchase is associated with the specific machine, so that in the event someone sells their computer to someone else, if it is still under AppleCare it doesn't matter who the original purchaser is, that the ApplecCare is something which goes with the individual machine. I'll just take my computer and the receipt into the store tomorrow or the next day and we'll see how the AppleCare situation is handled.

#How to purchase applecare online plus

My first thoughts, too, are that the person in the store was confusing this with the requirements for AppleCare Plus and an iOS device, but I didn't argue with him. I remembered having seen this thread and so was not as surprised as I otherwise might have been.

Anyway, since I don't live that far from the Apple store it is not that great an inconvenience, but still. Obviously I didn't have any of that with me. You can also get the serial number off the receipt, of course, or the box, for that matter.

I asked about it and was told the same thing that has been mentioned in this thread, that I would need to bring in my machine so that they 'can see the serial number.' Eh. I am thinking that this must be a new policy today I was at the Tysons (Northern Virginia) Apple store with a friend and happened to think that while I was there I wanted to pick up AppleCare for my rMBP that I had purchased in December.