[ale] Reliable seller of refurbished MacBooks?

[Jerald Sheets]

<NOTE FORMER APPLE CORPORATE EMPLOYEE>

The commentary about third party repairs is patently false. There is a robust ecosystem of third party repair companies, and they are tied directly into the Apple IT infrastructure, and are given very high levels of access and abilities close to but not quite the same as an Apple store (I granted both types of access).  Third parties are encouraged and appreciated.

Onyx has ALWAYS been spot-on fast with repairs, and the “wait X days” comment is BS.  If you go to Onyx and pay for “hot bench”, you can be seen that day. I’ve had them repair while I stood there.  The hot bench fee applied to the total repair.  If their policies have changed, then that’s just it… ONYX’s policies have changed.

There are more than one Apple store in this town (4?  5?).  You don’t have to go to Lenox.


Apple has a lot of issues.  Let’s not manufacture even more.  Sounds like Linux vs. Microsoft bashing.



</NOTE FORMER APPLE CORPORATE EMPLOYEE>



> On Jun 2, 2017, at 2:37 PM, Scott Plante <splante at insightsys.com> wrote:
> 
> I had a cracked screen on my work MacBook Pro and took it to Onyx on Northside Drive just south of 75. They couldn't begin working on it for several days but I had to leave it with them for it to "get in the queue". This made no sense since I could still use it with the cracked screen, but they said as an authorized Apple repair shop, they had to do that--it's Apple's rule. They could have been lying but that's the procedure at the Apple stores and I suspect Apple doesn't want 3rd party repair shops to have that advantage. Once it got to the front of the queue, they "looked at it" and *then* ordered the part. It was very frustrating! Still, it was more convenient that the rigamarole getting a different repair done at the Lenox Mall Apple store.
> 
> I suppose for larger businesses that can afford to have a spare computer sitting around this can be worked around, but for smaller businesses this seems like a huge hidden cost of going with Apple. I was without my main work computer for a week.
> 
> I have seen used Apple products at GIM on Northside, too, but I haven't bought any there.
> 
> Scott
> 
> From: "Charles Shapiro" <hooterpincher at gmail.com>
> To: "Ken Cochran" <kwc at theworld.com>, "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 2, 2017 9:08:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [ale] Reliable seller of refurbished MacBooks?
> 
> Apple pretty much hates 3rd party repair shops ( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/28/ios_repairs/ <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/28/ios_repairs/> ).  You might want to factor that into your decision.
> 
> -- CHS
> 
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