Well, Dark, you don’t trust any corporations with anything. I mostly don’t either, but I think that taking middle ground on such things puts people more in the ballpark of reality. Not *all* corporations are evil, any more than *all* people are.
To answer the question you posed, you can indeed usually get Apple hardware repaired locally or by small companies. For all the years I had PC’s, though, I had extremely bad experiences with local companies that I went to for service, so I don’t think you can trust them in the main, either. It’s great that you’ve found one that you do business with, because I am a proponent for supporting local businesses in general. All that being said, Apple has the highest customer satisfaction rate of any company on the planet for electronics, computers, and customer service. The very few times I’ve dealt with them my products have been repaired/replaced in under an hour at the AppleStore, and if you don’t have an AppleStore, they will usually pay for overnight shipping if your product is under warranty, so you’re rarely without your device for more than two days. Also, Apple, by default, has a 1 year warrantee on the vast majority of its products for no additional cost, which is far longer than the 90 days or less provided by just about anyone else. You can have that extended to 3 years for a fee, and in general it is no questions asked. It doesn’t usually cover user damage, though. You can’t drive over it with a car and expect Apple to pay for it. LOL. On Dec 15, 2013, at 10:14 AM, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi Dallas. > > To be honest I wouldn't trust any major coorporation with repares, just > because when you send your computer or phone or whatever off to somewhere > else you have no idea where it is, when you get it back or what's going on > with it. > > If I ever need a repare I know a very nice local firm of tech specialists who > deal with anything windows relatedd and take literally a week, indeed they > built my current pc, handled the installation of a new graphics card when the > old one bust last year, and also sold me a new internal hd and took me > through installing it. They will also do software fixes too at a very > reasonable price and the most I've ever seen them take over a repare was one > week which was my mum's desktop. > > They don't deal with mac or anything Apple related unfortunately, indeed I > don't know if it is even possible to get local repares done that way what > with Apple's thing about being in absolute control of anything to do with > their products even when you own them. > > But for anything windows I'd always trust my local, or indeed someone like > them. > > Ultimately it's like anything else, if you send whatever peace of equipment > to be fixed, if it's done locally you can always check up on it, be sure of > what is being done and remain in touch with the process. If it's sent off > into the coorporate black hole you don't know where it's gone, and indeed > with the size of a lot of companies like apple, neither do many of the people > who work there either :D. > > Beware the grue! > > dark. > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
