Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Computers & Peripherals => Topic started by: graeme on August 27, 2014, 03:16:14 pm
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Just a heads up to anyone buying a mac in the UK:
http://www.johnlewis.com/laptops/apple=brand/c80000398
Will save you spending £200 on Applecare
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It's a wee bit of a con, Graeme.
Apple's own website points out that (as with all consumer goods) their products are covered by UK consumer legislation which gives protection for 6 years (England and Wales) or 5 years (Scotland).
See here: https://www.apple.com/uk/legal/statutory-warranty/
(That, by the way, is one of the reasons that some goods seem more expensive in UK than outwith the EU. Apart from 20% tax, manufacturers and retailers have to allow for the costs of providing warranty service for much longer under UK consumer legislation.)
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It's a wee bit of a con, Graeme.
Apple's own website points out that (as with all consumer goods) their products are covered by UK consumer legislation which gives protection for 6 years (England and Wales) or 5 years (Scotland).
See here: https://www.apple.com/uk/legal/statutory-warranty/
(That, by the way, is one of the reasons that some goods seem more expensive in UK than outwith the EU. Apart from 20% tax, manufacturers and retailers have to allow for the costs of providing warranty service for much longer under UK consumer legislation.)
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Yeah, I've heard of this. Has anyone ever actually managed to to get anything repaired replaced using this legislation because it sounds like there are a few different ways of interpreting it.
Graeme