How many opted for Applecare for their new iPad 2.

[Landshark]

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[Jman09]

I've Apple Care for my MacBook which its paid for itself with need internal parts replaced. But I opted against it on my iPad 2 since I want insurance to cover damages and Apple Care doesn't cover drops and damage. So I purchased Squaretrade for 2 years of coverage, and still have Apple Care for a year included iPad purchase.

[xune]

I never get apple care, I've been waiting for my 2007 black MacBook to go bad so I have an excuse to update but it still works. I update my iPhone every year so I have protection through the year without apple care and I figure i will update my iPad every other year so come iPad 4 I'm sure my iPad 2 will still work just fine.

I think the same way. Say I buy a 13in MacBook pro $1200. A year from now when the new MacBook pros come out I'll sell my last year model MacBook pro at 25% less than what I got it for. Since apple care cost $279 or so, it means I can get a new MacBook every year putting in an extra $20 bucks or so. I work for the board of Ed which means I get a discount which usually offsets tax, so tax isn't an issue.

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Actually Actually Apple Care is $183 on your MacBook Pro 13" for 3 years of coverage, which works out to $61/yr, or about five bucks a month.

Instead of taking a 25% hit on my Mac, I sold my last Mac for only $50 less than I paid for it, because it still had almost two years of warranty left, with tech support.

$1200 - 25% = $300. $20 x 12 months = $240.

Your combined depreciation costs are $540.

My investment in Apple Care + depreciation = $233.

Less than half the loss, plus the peace of mind of extended coverage, plus free tech support beyond the first 90 days, and the option of keeping the Mac for a longer period of time without out of pocket costs to repair or replace.

The monetary math is clearly in favor of having Apple Care. Difference saved is $307. Even if the depreciation were hundreds more, to the point where it were the same costs, you still come out ahead having Apple Care.


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[Geo411m]

Actually Actually Apple Care is $183 on your MacBook Pro 13" for 3 years of coverage, which works out to $61/yr, or about five bucks a month.

Instead of taking a 25% hit on my Mac, I sold my last Mac for only $50 less than I paid for it, because it still had almost two years of warranty left, with tech support.

$1200 - 25% = $300. $20 x 12 months = $240.

Your combined depreciation costs are $540.

My investment in Apple Care + depreciation = $233.

Less than half the loss, plus the peace of mind of extended coverage, plus free tech support beyond the first 90 days, and the option of keeping the Mac for a longer period of time without out of pocket costs to repair or replace.

The monetary math is clearly in favor of having Apple Care. Difference saved is $307. Even if the depreciation were hundreds more, to the point where it were the same costs, you still come out ahead having Apple Care.

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Why would that be my depreciation value? Not sure where you got the $20 a month from? I buy at $1200, sell at $900 and pay $300 for a new one. You buy at $1200 plus $183 plus tax which totals around $1500 and you sell for $1150. My discount basically offsets my taxes so I buy the product at $1200 with taxes, maybe a few dollars more. It seems I spent less than you in the end. Not by much, but still less none the less. What you're doing is making the new buyer pay for the apple care.

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[xune]

I got the $20/mo from the second to last sentence in your post that I quoted.

You are correct that I am selling both my Mac and it's Apple Care to the buyer. If I were the buyer, I personally feel more confident in purchasing a preowned computer that still had warranty and tech support. In this case, the buyer is getting double the parts/labor/replacement and 8x the tech support, by having Apple Care attached.

I get peace of mind, and so does the buyer, for no more cost to me or the buyer during their ownership. Seems that both I and the buyer come out ahead this way.

[Geo411m]

I got the $20/mo from the second to last sentence in your post that I quoted.

You are correct that I am selling both my Mac and it's Apple Care to the buyer. If I were the buyer, I personally feel more confident in purchasing a preowned computer that still had warranty and tech support. In this case, the buyer is getting double the parts/labor/replacement and 8x the tech support, by having Apple Care attached.

I get peace of mind, and so does the buyer, for no more cost to me or the buyer during their ownership. Seems that both I and the buyer come out ahead this way.

The $20 was the difference between the $300 and the $279 I thought the apple care was. I do think you're on to something. In the end you don't pay much more than I do but you give the new user 2 years of warranty which makes for an easier sell. I think I'll do it your way from now on since it actually makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the info 

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[ColtsSN]

I bought my iPad 2 from Sam's Club last week. I have 30 days to decide if I want to get the extended warranty. I think it's 3 years for about $80.

Believe it or not, this is my first Apple product. So my question is - is it really worth getting the warranty? I'll be taking the iPad on business travel but I don't think it will be getting banged around.

Opinions?

[Fataliya]

I've had my iPad2 for about a week now and haven't gotten AppleCare yet. I'm actually thinking about Squaretrade, since it covers things AppleCare doesn't.

Thoughts?

[Petersenjp]

AppleCare 2 years, yes. Anything electronic in my hands will break...(If I didn't have bad luck, i wouldn't have any at all)

[Boldie24]

SquareTrade the way to go. Had on first iPad, MBP, and family member iPhones. Warranty plus breakage coverage, can't beat it.

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