[mac4theblind] Re: my Mac mini

  • From: linnette whalen <linnettew@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:28:45 -0500

He knows that now! However, he has a 27 inch I-Mac with lines down the screen. 
This would not matter to me, but he can see!. a day late and dollars short!
On Dec 13, 2012, at 10:20 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

> When you get a new Apple product
> Smiley
> Go to Apple support
> Into the serial number
> Smiley
> Everything you need to know will be there!
> 
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> On Dec 13, 2012, at 9:59 AM, linnette whalen <linnettew@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> One of my brothers was trying to save a dollar and purchased a 27 inch I-Mac 
> fully loaded from Ebay. He also paid for an Apple care protection plan--the 
> computer was to his knowledge purchased brand new as advertised. However, 
> after about a year, he started seeing weird lines down the screen and it gave 
> him a headache just looking at the moniker. He contacted Apple and  was told 
> him that his beloved 27 inch fully loaded I-Mac did not have an Apple Care 
> Protection plan. He put his head in his hands and just cried and he is 47. As 
> they say, buyer beware!
> On Dec 11, 2012, at 3:58 PM, Edward Redfern <edwardredfern@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> I agree with dave. unless you're purchasing through apple or a registered 
>> apple service and system provider, eBay is a flaky area, especially if the 
>> unit is claimed to be new and found otherwise. let's see how it is, then we 
>> may be able to help you if you get stuck on anything.
>> 
>> lew
>> 
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>> On 11 Dec 2012, at 20:50, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I've discovered that when buying from a third party, unless they tell you 
>>> how it is conditioned, there is no way of knowing before you get what you 
>>> are getting.  I recently took possession of a macbook pro and luckily it 
>>> had the disks with it because it was a barebones install that did not 
>>> include on it the original apps that were provided at the time of sale.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Dec 11, 2012, at 3:41 PM, Devin <prater.devin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello all. I will be getting a Mac mini for Christmas, as I've said before. 
>>> First of all, I would like someone to verify to me that my messages are 
>>> getting to y'all. I sent a few before, but it seems that they may not have 
>>> gotten to the server or something. My mom ordered the Mac mini from eBay, 
>>> and it was the latest moddel, with 8 gigs of ram, 500GB of space, and had 
>>> mountain lion. I would have prefered that she got it from the Apple store, 
>>> but I guess it was cheaper on ebay. Does iLife come with the mac, or will I 
>>> have to buy it? What apps do come with the mac?
>>> 
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