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For those of you getting yours at Best Buy...
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They know because when you do your first sync to iTunes you are also registering your product.
What a strange idea. Whatever made you think that is the way it works with third party resellers?
Only if you choose to register.
They calculate the warranty from the sales date if sold by Apple and from the manufacturing date if sold through someone else. They provide a grace period of a few weeks from manufacturing date when doing warranty repairs for items sold through third parties. If it's more than 55 weeks or so old when it goes in for warranty repair, they ask for proof of purchase.
If you can't provide the receipt at that point, then they will usually offer you the flat-rate repair cost. The lesson here being, keep the receipt somewhere safe for anything you buy that you'd rather not just buy again if it breaks.
Because that was the case when I bought a white MacBook new from Best Buy in 2008; my AppleCare warranty expired about three months earlier than when I bought the computer.
Sorry man, but I had to point this out. Irregardless is a double negative and technically isn't a word. It should just be "...regardless of where it was purchased."
Then I would have complained to Apple and brought in your receipt. My guess is someone had bought your machine 3 months earlier and returned it. Hence, serial number registered in the system. Hence, your warranty starting 3 months earlier.
That's the only thing I can think of.
Warranties start a time of purchase of the consumer. It would be pretty stupid for a warranty to start when a reseller buys the item.
Say that item sat on the shelf for 11 months for some odd reason. I go in and buy it and then 2 months later there is a problem. I take it to the Apple store and they tell me it's out of warranty. I would be pretty upset considering I bought it only two months ago.
That would be horrible business practices and I highly doubt that that is the way it's done.
As I said earlier warranties start when the consumer purchases the item not when the reseller does.
Say that item sat on the shelf for 11 months for some odd reason. I go in and buy it and then 2 months later there is a problem. I take it to the Apple store and they tell me it's out of warranty. I would be pretty upset considering I bought it only two months ago.
That would be horrible business practices and I highly doubt that that is the way it's done.
As I said earlier warranties start when the consumer purchases the item not when the reseller does.
I'm a little curious if that Macbook was ever registered with Apple at all. I used to sell huge large-format printers that ran about $40,000-80,0000. The manufacturer would apply the manufacture date as the warranty date if the customer chose not to register the sale. It created a world of headaches at times.
More likely it was just old stock and Apple's system used the manufacture date, as it does if there is no purchase date on file.
It's up to the customer to retain proof of purchase for those situations.
Warranty coverage begins with the purchase, unless the purchase date is not available, in which case there's nothing else to go on except the serial number.
They would tell you that it was out of warranty based on serial number and ask for your proof of purchase. You provide it, and they update the warranty date in their computers. Problem solved.
Apple simply upped their game in customer service with Genius Bars. So, it is probably a better idea to take it to Apple Store if you have a problem with iPad purchased at Bestbuy ( or any apple product purchased at anywhere)
( I had a hinge problem with my macbook air, it was out of warranty for more than 6 months(18 months into it, no applecare). They fixed it for free (since it was a common issue). The whole thing was so smooth , I felt good about owning an apple product..
( I had a hinge problem with my macbook air, it was out of warranty for more than 6 months(18 months into it, no applecare). They fixed it for free (since it was a common issue). The whole thing was so smooth , I felt good about owning an apple product..
I've never had a problem at Best Buy... they've priced matched competitors for me, took back items no questions asked, and are generally very customer service oriented. I'm sure there are people with valid bad experiences, but I've never had much of an issue. Quite the opposite.
Fuzzy speaking usually suggests fuzzy thinking. We only have your writing style to judge the relevance of your opinions.
Let's not ignore the rest of his post because of one word that's pretty regularly used irregardless 
D) of whether it's grammatically correct or not.
I could see the point if every other word was wrong, but we're talking about one word here, in a sensible post nonetheless.
D) of whether it's grammatically correct or not.I could see the point if every other word was wrong, but we're talking about one word here, in a sensible post nonetheless.
Let's not ignore the rest of his post because of one word that's pretty regularly used irregardless
I could see the point if every other word was wrong, but we're talking about one word here, in a sensible post nonetheless.
Just helping him optimize his credibility.