Topic: 3DSXL is the worst

[NWR_insanolord]

If you buy a Mac the AppleCare plan is definitely worth it. Three years of phenomenal service. The corresponding iPhone/iPad plans aren't as good.

[Crimm]

It is really tempting to break that post into a new thread called "I'm SO MAD ABOUT BAD SERVICE I'VE NEVER TRIED''

[oohhboy]

Nintendo Hardware has been solid in general so I won't know what their repair service is like. I can say the same about the level of quality of the Apple stuff in general, but seriously **** iTunes. That thing breaks my computer for some reason. I can have the computer going for weeks on end, but start up iTunes a couple of time for podcasts? **** goes to hell in hours or days.

3DS has been a slight disappointment because of the grease lines. I mean seriously, didn't someone test this **** out?

[BranDonk Kong]

If you're talking about me I'm just basing my opinion on reports from customers at our shop. They will bring in, say, an iPad 2 with a cracked digitizer. Apple (as in the "genius bar") tells them that it is simply impossible to replace the glass, and the only option is to pay $350 for a replacement (and give theirs to Apple)...we tell them it's $120 to replace the glass. They'll crack the LCD on their MacBook, Apple tells them they have to pay $750 for a replacement...we tell them it's $150 to replace the LCD. If you're under warranty, they're great, but once it's over you're screwed. They also must not have great standards for employees since they hired the douche that ran his own shop into the ground and locked the doors to his shop with several customers' phones still waiting (for weeks) to get fixed.

I wouldn't go as far as to say that AppleCare is *worth* it, it's just that your **** out of luck if you don't get it and your **** breaks.

They still aren't as bad as SONY, who will straight up steal your PS3 from you if you don't pay the diagnostic fee on your console within their short timeframe.

[nickmitch]

Yeah, because Apple is the only employer to have workers that went postal. In fact, I'm pretty sure that term even originated in an Apple memo.

I sent an old MacBook of mine to get fixed after I'd dropped it more than a few times and water damaged it a bit. I brought it to an Apple store in New Orleans. They said it would be about $80 and I thought that was worth it, but I got a phone call saying it'd be 200 or so a day or two later. I decided it wasn't worth it since I was just gonna buy a new computer in a few months, and they sent it to DC for me. That's the worst I've ever gotten from Apple.

[Crimm]

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