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Re:FTC Warns It Is Illegal to Condition Warranty on Use of S... by chrischen on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @01:07PM (#16813208)
$300 to replace battery? I thought battery replacements are $79 and $29 under their promotional pricing from the controversy? Or did you replace a macbook battery?

FYI, Apple has replaced things for me out of warranty all the time (macbook battery, charger, etc, for free). The Genius bar staff have a lot of leeway and when I'm sitting there I always observe some people being extremely discourteous or playing obviously dumb, and in response getting completely different service than what I would normally get.

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Re:FTC Warns It Is Illegal to Condition Warranty on Use of S... by blhack on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @03:32PM (#16814667)
>$300 to replace battery?

Sorry, it was actually $200: https://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro/en/battery_body.htm...

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Re:FTC Warns It Is Illegal to Condition Warranty on Use of S... by chrischen on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @05:09PM (#16815666)
If your 2012 macbook is well within the normal amount of charge cycles at this point then you must not have used it much.
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