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Amazon Apple Care - 2 prices. Please advise

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Thorbjorn

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Just checking into pricing for Apple Care for my new refurb iMac 24". At Amazon the regular Apple Care for this machine is:
"AppleCare Protection Plan MA520LL/A for iMac" and it goes for $137.24.

But there's another iMac Apple Care also listed, as follows:
"AppleCare Protection Plan for iMac/eMac M8851LL/B - 3 Years"
This goes for $72.26 (+S/H $4.99) and is sold through Amazon by Tech for Less, which has a high satisfaction rating.

Anyone know any reason why the older, cheaper Apple Care wouldn't be a good idea? Wouldn't it still extend protection on my mac once I register? Or is there something in the serial numbers that would bump me out of range for this lower-cost Apple Care?

Thoughts, please.
 
Thorbjorn said:
Just checking into pricing for Apple Care for my new refurb iMac 24". At Amazon the regular Apple Care for this machine is:
"AppleCare Protection Plan MA520LL/A for iMac" and it goes for $137.24.

But there's another iMac Apple Care also listed, as follows:
"AppleCare Protection Plan for iMac/eMac M8851LL/B - 3 Years"
This goes for $72.26 (+S/H $4.99) and is sold through Amazon by Tech for Less, which has a high satisfaction rating.

Anyone know any reason why the older, cheaper Apple Care wouldn't be a good idea? Wouldn't it still extend protection on my mac once I register? Or is there something in the serial numbers that would bump me out of range for this lower-cost Apple Care?

Thoughts, please.
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I googled around and all the threads/discussions I read said that so long as the AppleCare is for your model of Mac that it will be accepted. I would call Apple first to make sure. It would suck to discover that they would not honor the Applecare you bought.
 
Confusing Applecare Part/Plan No.

gehrbox said:
I googled around and all the threads/discussions I read said that so long as the AppleCare is for your model of Mac that it will be accepted. I would call Apple first to make sure. It would suck to discover that they would not honor the Applecare you bought.
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I'm in the process of looking for Applecare for a recently Purchased New Model iMac 24" 2.8Ghz. On the Apple website the part/plan number for iMac applecare is MB585LL/A, however most of the ones I find else where on the net are MA520LL/A. Whats the difference between these and how can I find out whether they cover my model iMac?

Mark.
 
Colonel Badger said:
I'm in the process of looking for Applecare for a recently Purchased New Model iMac 24" 2.8Ghz. On the Apple website the part/plan number for iMac applecare is MB585LL/A, however most of the ones I find else where on the net are MA520LL/A. Whats the difference between these and how can I find out whether they cover my model iMac?

Mark.
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Like I said above, I'd call Apple to make sure they will accept that part number for your Mac.
 
I'm trying to figure this out too. The old applecare was for the white iMac. But seems like i've read before that it would work on a new iMac as well...
 
I ordered Applecare on Monday. Hoping to receive it this week. I believe it's the older version, was for iMac/Emac and was only $65. I will keep you all posted and let you know if it worked for me or not. I bought the one on Amazon mentioned here. Let's hope I remember to reply back in here!
 
msw123307 said:
I ordered Applecare on Monday. Hoping to receive it this week. I believe it's the older version, was for iMac/Emac and was only $65. I will keep you all posted and let you know if it worked for me or not. I bought the one on Amazon mentioned here. Let's hope I remember to reply back in here!
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What was the part no. of the applecare you bought? and whats the model of iMac you have?
 
AppleCare Protection Plan for iMac/eMac M8851LL/B - 3 Years

Above is the one i bought from Amazon. My iMac is a 24" 2.4 ghz. i just submitted the registration online, apparently it takes a couple days to fully register. But it took the number fine..so i'll keep you posted and let everyone know if it works or not.
 
msw123307 said:
AppleCare Protection Plan for iMac/eMac M8851LL/B - 3 Years

Above is the one i bought from Amazon. My iMac is a 24" 2.4 ghz. i just submitted the registration online, apparently it takes a couple days to fully register. But it took the number fine..so i'll keep you posted and let everyone know if it works or not.
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So how did it work out?
 
Colonel Badger said:
So how did it work out?
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Wanted to follow up - sorry i'm about 2 days late. but it did take 2 days to register. but it went through fine! i even called to be sure i was covered. i registered online. don't know if this makes a difference, but i'd probably register online to be sure. but it works and my imac is covered - so that was worth the risk! :)
 
msw123307 said:
Wanted to follow up - sorry i'm about 2 days late. but it did take 2 days to register. but it went through fine! i even called to be sure i was covered. i registered online. don't know if this makes a difference, but i'd probably register online to be sure. but it works and my imac is covered - so that was worth the risk! :)
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If it is called Applecare for iMac/eMac it will work period, differing part numbers aside. That and the packaging has changed over the years since the introduction of the iMac but the coverage itself has not.
 
SaSaSushi said:
If it is called Applecare for iMac/eMac it will work period, differing part numbers aside. That and the packaging has changed over the years since the introduction of the iMac but the coverage itself has not.
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Wish we had of known that sooner..I wouldn't have held out so long to purchase it!
 
Thanks all for your replies. What a great forum! My own caution, though, served me wrong: since some of you verified that the cheaper Apple Care would work just as well, I headed over to Amazon, where (duh!) they're all out of that particular item. Guess I'll have to pay larger bucks after all. But thanks for your help.
 
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I just ordered the lower price one on amazon. Waiting for it to arrive.
 
scuzy said:
Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8310/4.5.0.52 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/102)

I just ordered the lower price one on amazon. Waiting for it to arrive.
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Scuzy, is your iMac one of the new 1066Mhz bus systems? If so i'm interested in how you do ? (Have the same model).

Mark.
 
Thorbjorn said:
Just checking into pricing for Apple Care for my new refurb iMac 24". At Amazon the regular Apple Care for this machine is:
"AppleCare Protection Plan MA520LL/A for iMac" and it goes for $137.24.

But there's another iMac Apple Care also listed, as follows:
"AppleCare Protection Plan for iMac/eMac M8851LL/B - 3 Years"
This goes for $72.26 (+S/H $4.99) and is sold through Amazon by Tech for Less, which has a high satisfaction rating.

Anyone know any reason why the older, cheaper Apple Care wouldn't be a good idea? Wouldn't it still extend protection on my mac once I register? Or is there something in the serial numbers that would bump me out of range for this lower-cost Apple Care?

Thoughts, please.
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:eek: Just checked the prices for Apple Care in the German apple store: 219 Euro for the iMac!!!

Can I buy my Apple Care in the US? :confused:
 
Thanks, Scuzy. Your post prompted me to go back to Amazon (yet again), and today they had the cheaper Apple Care back in stock (from Tech for Less). This time I snapped it up. Gotta love this forum.
 
it should work - according to the experiences and comments in this post. my imac was the batch before yours..24" 2.4 ghz..and it worked. it's worth a shot i guess. just do the registration online and hope for the best. if all else fails, you could sell it on ebay or something. good luck
 
update.

I register the code onlien and i got confirmation that my imac 24" is now applecared till 2011. So all is good :)
 
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