My refurb 17" PB and I are coming up on our first anniversary together, so it's time to buy AppleCare. LA Computer has it for $259. Does anybody know of a better deal? I checked there, because that's the place I see mentioned most often.

Amazon has it for $349, so that's not a good deal, but I don't know where else to check.

Thanks!

check out e-bay - I've gotten all of my applecare there.

Are you eligible for the Education price? It is less than LA Computer.

You are a smart person for gettin it. Wish I had done the one year thing and get a new logic board for the iBook. Fried the power manager.

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I'm too chicken to buy on eBay. There's only one new one listed for the PB. Somebody else has an "open box", that they flatly refuse to refund on if there's a problem registering, and somebody is selling the code only. I'm the kind who would rather pay more and not have to worry about what I'm getting.

Am I eligible for the Education price? I think I should be, because I worked for a school district for years. I left before I was old enough to start drawing my retirement, though, so I have no way to document that I'm even a retired school district employee.

Edit: I just saw your post, 'mint. I've been brainwashed by people here! I carried AppleCare on my very first Mac (a Quadra), and I never used it. I haven't bothered getting it since, but this guy was a refurb, so I've decided to be a bit more cautious.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/28/2006 09:21AM by AlphaDog.

It's up to you and your conscience, but Apple doesn't verify that you are eliglble for the educational price. They take your word for it.

LA Computer has the cheapest AC I've seen; I've used them for major purchases and have been completely satisfied.

BTW, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS get AC on any Mac purchase these days. This is not 10 or 12 years ago when you could buy a Mac and reasonably expect it to last 5-10+ years. I say this from experience, with AC and without it.