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Applecare vs Gadget Insurance for MBP?

  • 25-02-2015 11:07am
    #1
    tk123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,062 ✭✭✭✭


    I was just about to buy AppleCare for my MBP but started to wonder if I'd be better off going with gadget insurance since they cover accidental damage? I'd really only call Apple if there was a hardware problem...but I wonder what the turnaround would be like with gadgetinsurance compared to Apple if it did develop a fault and had to be sent off for repair?


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  • #2
    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,110 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    tk123 wrote: »
    I was just about to buy AppleCare for my MBP but started to wonder if I'd be better off going with gadget insurance since they cover accidental damage? I'd really only call Apple if there was a hardware problem...but I wonder what the turnaround would be like with gadgetinsurance compared to Apple if it did develop a fault and had to be sent off for repair?

    Insurance won't cover you in the event of a failure with the MBP. Applecare won't cover you in the event of accidental damage. Have you tried your house insurance? I have house insurance on my MBA, and would go the Sale of Goods Act route if it failed in the first couple of years. I used to buy APPs, but I think they are unnecessary now.


  • #3
    tk123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,062 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    Putting it on the house insurance isn't an option I'm afraid. According to Apple you have up 6 years in accordance with Consumer Law but I wonder if they'd even honour it if there was a hardware fault?


  • #4
    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,110 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    tk123 wrote: »
    Putting it on the house insurance isn't an option I'm afraid. According to Apple you have up 6 years in accordance with Consumer Law but I wonder if they'd even honour it if there was a hardware fault?

    That is with the retailer, not the manufacturer. If the retailer won't do anything you would have to bring it through the Small claims court


  • #5
    tk123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,062 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    whiterebel wrote: »
    That is with the retailer, not the manufacturer. If the retailer won't do anything you would have to bring it through the Small claims court

    I bought direct from Apple though ;)


  • #6
    Talisman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,289 ✭✭✭Talisman


    Apple Products and Irish Consumer Law
    Under Irish consumer law, consumers are entitled to a free of charge repair or replacement, discount or refund by the seller, of defective goods or goods which do not conform with the contract of sale. These rights expire six years from delivery of the goods.
    This means forking out money for Apple Care is kind of pointless. If there is a fault with the product consumer law and Apple Care protect you. If you drop it and break it then you're not covered, that's an insurance matter.


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