If You Bought an iMac, Macbook, Macbook Pro or MacMini


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If you bought an iMac, Macbook, Macbook Pro, Mac-Mini, or Any other Mac within the last 10 days, you are eligible to get a refund for the extra money spent. By this I mean the following:

I bought an iMac 5 days ago, it cost me $2,200.00 Apple released the new iMac models yesterday at $1,999 (the successor to mine) so I spoke with an Apple rep and also with the Apple Store manager at the Florida Mall where I got mine and they said you can take your receipt to the store and they will refund the difference in price, which in my case is $200.00.

Not a bad deal because if I return the iMac to get the new, updated model, I have to pay 10% restocking fee plus an extra $200.00 to get the new one so that would be a total of $220.00 (Restocking fee) + $200.00 = $420.00 extra and the top of the line new model is not available until late november.

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If you bought an iMac, Macbook, Macbook Pro, Mac-Mini, or Any other Mac within the last 10 days, you are eligible to get a refund for the extra money spent. By this I mean the following:

I bought an iMac 5 days ago, it cost me $2,200.00 Apple released the new iMac models yesterday at $1,999 (the successor to mine) so I spoke with an Apple rep and also with the Apple Store manager at the Florida Mall where I got mine and they said you can take your receipt to the store and they will refund the difference in price, which in my case is $200.00.

Not a bad deal because if I return the iMac to get the new, updated model, I have to pay 10% restocking fee plus an extra $200.00 to get the new one so that would be a total of $220.00 (Restocking fee) + $200.00 = $420.00 extra and the top of the line new model is not available until late november.

Why would you have to pay an extra $200 to get the new one? If yours cost $2,200 and you get that back less the restocking fee, you get $1950 back, only $49 short of the new model.

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Why would you have to pay an extra $200 to get the new one? If yours cost $2,200 and you get that back less the restocking fee, you get $1950 back, only $49 short of the new model.

Yes but that will only include 4 GB of RAM, the Radeon with 256MB. The Apple Retail Stores don't give you the option of upgrading the hardware and they don't carry the iMacs with the 512MB Radeon and upgrading the memory to 8GB will cost you an extra $200.00 because they come with 4GB only. The CPU is still the same. The top of the line quad core is still not available. The only way to get an iMac custom made is to order it online and have it delivered but I have heard horror stories of Macs arriving with broken monitors, damaged, etc so I am not a big fan of delivery. If something goes wrong with it when I buy it, I want to be able to take it to the store and have it replaced not have to wait almost a month to get it back and god knows what shape it will arrive in next.

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Yes but that will only include 4 GB of RAM, the Radeon with 256MB. The Apple Retail Stores don't give you the option of upgrading the hardware and they don't carry the iMacs with the 512MB Radeon and upgrading the memory to 8GB will cost you an extra $200.00 because they come with 4GB only. The CPU is still the same. The top of the line quad core is still not available. The only way to get an iMac custom made is to order it online and have it delivered but I have heard horror stories of Macs arriving with broken monitors, damaged, etc so I am not a big fan of delivery. If something goes wrong with it when I buy it, I want to be able to take it to the store and have it replaced not have to wait almost a month to get it back and god knows what shape it will arrive in next.

The $1999 iMac includes a "ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics with 512MB" by default. Also doing a RAM upgrade yourself isn't at all difficult on those machines. If they come with 2x2GB chips then you can add another 4GB for less than $60 usually.

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If you bought an iMac, Macbook, Macbook Pro, Mac-Mini, or Any other Mac within the last 10 days, you are eligible to get a refund for the extra money spent. By this I mean the following:

I bought an iMac 5 days ago, it cost me $2,200.00 Apple released the new iMac models yesterday at $1,999 (the successor to mine) so I spoke with an Apple rep and also with the Apple Store manager at the Florida Mall where I got mine and they said you can take your receipt to the store and they will refund the difference in price, which in my case is $200.00.

They would have to honor the price difference anyway and refund the extra money (if 30 days or less from the time of purchase). It's called consumer price protection laws.

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They would have to honor the price difference anyway and refund the extra money (if 30 days or less from the time of purchase). It's called consumer price protection laws.

I can't/don't believe that is true.

You have a source for this? I've never heard of such a law.

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They would have to honor the price difference anyway and refund the extra money (if 30 days or less from the time of purchase). It's called consumer price protection laws.

That is not true, that is only done in good will on the company's part. They are not required to refund the price difference. at least here in the US.

Most stores will tell you to return the previous item if it is eligible, subject to restocking fees, and then buy the new item.

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Unless its Best Buy, where there is no restocking fee. You can return it and get the difference + 10% of price difference off or you can just return the entire product for full money back, assuming its under 14 days old.

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Unless its Best Buy, where there is no restocking fee. You can return it and get the difference + 10% of price difference off or you can just return the entire product for full money back, assuming its under 14 days old.

And who told you that BestBuy doesn't charge a restocking fee?

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Restocking fee

A restocking fee is applicable in some product categories, unless you are a Reward Zone Program Premier Silver member, the item is defective, or the fee is prohibited by law. The restocking fee charges are:

25% for Special Order Products, including appliances

15% for opened notebook computers, projectors, camcorders, digital cameras, radar detectors, GPS navigation and in-car video systems

10% for Apple? iPhones

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Best Buy does have restocking fees for notebooks and desktops. Even within the 14 days. It's 15% fee. The only way to return it without having to pay the restocking fee at Best Buy is if it's defective. The "Geek Squad" which don't really count as technicians, also have to verify it before they approve of the defective product.

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And who told you that BestBuy doesn't charge a restocking fee?

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Restocking fee

A restocking fee is applicable in some product categories, unless you are a Reward Zone Program Premier Silver member, the item is defective, or the fee is prohibited by law. The restocking fee charges are:

25% for Special Order Products, including appliances

15% for opened notebook computers, projectors, camcorders, digital cameras, radar detectors, GPS navigation and in-car video systems

10% for Apple? iPhones

There is no restocking fee for Best Buy Canada, I wasn't aware that there was in the USA.

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There is no restocking fee for Best Buy Canada, I wasn't aware that there was in the USA.

WOW....You guys are lucky!!!!!

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WOW....You guys are lucky!!!!!

It's probably due to some laws the government has in place. We seem to complain about government intervention all the time in the US. :p

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Yeah, you can buy anything you want. Try it for 14 days, or 30 days, depending on what it is, and if you change your mind, full money back :D

Doesn't that get abused a hell of a lot though?

i.e. I go and buy a laptop, use for 29 days then return and rebuy, then rinse and repeat?

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