[mac4theblind] Re: my Mac mini

  • From: "George B" <gbmagoo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:55:14 -0800

Well if he was knowledgeable about ebay, and apple products he should of
asked for the book which you get sent to you when you buy apple care and he
would of known rite away not a year later

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mac4theblind-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Hilbert Poehlman
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 20:45
> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: my Mac mini
> 
> what burns me is that he was lied to about the apple care.
> 
> On Dec 13, 2012, at 10:28 PM, Scott Granados <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> I believe John's correct, this sounds like a firmware problem that's
> easily fixed.
> 
> On Dec 13, 2012, at 5:28 PM, linnette whalen <linnettew@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> > 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!
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jonnie Appleseed
> >> With His
> >> Hands-On Technolog(eye)s
> >> touching the internet
> >> Reducing Technology's disabilities
> >> One Byte At a time
> >>
> >> 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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