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Just bought Macbook, now they update!
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Call them if it's not been upgraded. If they won't upgrade it just use your 14day window to send it back and get your £££s back. Bit of a mission yeh, but if you're bothered about the molah might be worth it. OR yeh if you want some vouchers it might be worth giving them a call and seeing if they'll hook you up with some.
I can't imagine them not doing something for you. They've been really good to me considering I DID buy the old model yesterday, I'd imagine a lot of people saying "Tough, you bought it already".
I bought my MacBook through Amazon.com exactly 30 days ago. I went on Amazon's site and e-mailed them through my account with the order # and price difference ($105) and requested to be refunded the difference. I just got an e-mail back that said they have credited my card the $105. I'm happy.
Sucks. This is the first time I've heard about people getting the old model after it was updated.
You should call them again and be really firm and demand that they do not send you an old model after it is updated. It's not like they didn't know that the update was coming (they as in "Apple", the salesclerks probably didn't).
If it doesn't work, I think you can refuse to accept it when it arrives, then they will have to refund you. But you should definitely check up on that!
Otherwise, send it back within your two weeks.
Best of luck getting a new model!
They will not do it, happened to me.....now you have a old macbook before you get it.....but then we all knew it would happen soon.....
Me too...
Typing this on the Macbook I bought a bit more than a week ago. If I had found this site first and suspected they were going to update, I'd have waited. The place I got it from had a 7 day return policy and it's just over that. But, the one I got is fine (lowest model).
Still beats Windows!
Typing this on the Macbook I bought a bit more than a week ago. If I had found this site first and suspected they were going to update, I'd have waited. The place I got it from had a 7 day return policy and it's just over that. But, the one I got is fine (lowest model).
Still beats Windows!
I got mine from a university, that only has a 7 day return policy. I suppose if I had bought from Apple I'd be eligible for some kind of refund. The cash would be nice (for a bigger HD).
Price match
This happened to me last fall when the C2D came out. There was a $300 drop on the core duo at Circuit City. I made a copy of that bin tag and took it to the apple store were I had purchased my blackbook and was returned $300 plus tax. I was at 28 days when I did this.
This happened to me last fall when the C2D came out. There was a $300 drop on the core duo at Circuit City. I made a copy of that bin tag and took it to the apple store were I had purchased my blackbook and was returned $300 plus tax. I was at 28 days when I did this.
Even though places have a return policy of limited days you should also check and see if they have a policy of price guarantees or price drop policy, something like that. Those types of policies are not advertised or easy to find. I did a Google search for Amazon's price policy and found it that way. $100 is $100. Took 2 minutes to search.
Don't forget it has the faster wireless card as well.
It's been said before but I just had too... why? Why would they... not even PC makers do that... what's your problem?
Definitely - although you can get a full refund, I think a £60 transportation charge will be deducted. You can find full details on the Apple Store's Customer Policy section.
BTW if you buy 2GB of RAM from Crucial, it's about £40 cheaper than Apple, so from what jrober outlined, returning the MB and then ordering a new one but getting 3rd-party RAM, he would be making a grand saving of £10 after that delivery penalty has been applied.