14 DAY TRIAL // To end the week with a few laughs, Softpedia picked up on a funny Apple Discussions thread where a Mac user claims to have a damaged MacBook, 50 bucks in the bank, and an odd urge to have Apple solve his weather-related problems.
“Hello,” DrSunglasses politely begins his post.
“I bought a new 13" MacBook Pro three weeks ago for my new job. While biking to work last Wednesday I was caught in a thunderstorm and got completely soaked.”
“My MacBook was in my backpack,” DrSunglasses shares with Apple Discussions users.
“I assumed Apple would just replace it because of the circumstances, and because I have no money to pay for repairs,” he relates, hoping to see some sympathy from fellow forum posters.
But when he took it to his local Apple store, the tech guys there told him it would be a steap $755 repair job.
“Are they crazy? I have $50 in my bank account. Not $755. I need this laptop for my job,” the concerned customer writes. “Please help,” he ends his post.
As expected, the topic, entitled “Apple charging $755 for repair”, attracted the attention of some forum subscribers.
Having read DrSunglasses’ post, one poster replied sarcastically: “Is it April 1 already?”
“Are you serious?”, another wrote. “The situation is not a covered warranty item obviously so why ask. How much you have in your bank account is not related to your warranty issue either.”
“What I don't understand is why you would expect Apple to pay for your carelessness?”, a third person replying to DrSunglasses said.
“Kind of like asking Ford to replace your brand new car that you crashed into a tree due to the circumstances,” rkaufmann87 proposed.
But DrSunglasses just didn’t seem to agree.
“rkaufman87, Yes that would be ridiculous to ask of Ford in that scenario. However, I feel that my situation is different because it isn't my fault that I got caught in the storm.”
Priceless!
Apple is known to reserve the right to refuse service on products that are damaged due to accident, abuse, neglect, misuse, extreme environment (including extreme temperature or humidity), acts of God or other external causes.
“Act of God” is a legal term for events outside of human control, such as sudden floods or other natural disasters, for which no one can be held responsible.
Update: Apple has apparently removed the thread in question.