Comments on: iDay iPhone Warranties Running Out

By: ColsTiger

ColsTiger — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:31:21 +0000

jj – if you buy it at the Apple store from the Genius Bar, they can activate it today or tomorrow without any problem. If you buy online, you have to wait for it to be shipped to your and then activate. They don’t give you an emailed code. I’ve bought three AppleCare warranties online and all were handled the same way. Like I said, you can probably talk to a supervisor at the 1-800 number and get it backdated if you miss the 6/28 cutoff date, but it won’t let you activate online by yourself if you wait until 6/29. It would just save some headache if you could buy it at an Apple Store today or tomorrow and have it activated immediately.

By: jjvaldez

jjvaldez — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:52:44 +0000

tiger: what if you buy it in store then you are good right???

I always thought that if you buy online then you would get an email with a code to activate it…

By: patrick

patrick — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:41:16 +0000

ColsTiger – thanks – I had not realized that at all. Luckily, I did not get mine on iDay, so still have a ways to go …

By: ColsTiger

ColsTiger — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:33:27 +0000

The AppleCare must be activated BEFORE the initial warranty expires. If you ordered it tonight (6/26/08), you’d be lucky to get it activated by by 7/1. You might be able to get it back-dated to 6/29, but you’ll have to talk to a supervisor at the activation center. This is a good post, but it’s just about two weeks too late.

By: jjvaldez

jjvaldez — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:31:59 +0000

I bought my iPhone apple care with the early buyers rebates apple sent out… So ok set