09-09-2019, 05:05 PM
My guess is it is the old standard AppleCare. The opposite of putting AppleCare+ on a machine that was originally sold before AppleCare+ was available can also happen. I bought a refurb 2015 MacBook Pro Retina in 2017 from Apple. I purchased AppleCare for it not realizing it was AppleCare+.
A couple of weeks ago, I brought the laptop in to Apple as it wasn't booting up and the Genius was surprised to see it had AppleCare+. He said he didn't realize it was possible and said I uncovered a loophole by buying a refurb machine and getting AppleCare+ on a machine that was sold before AppleCare+ was offered.
A couple of weeks ago, I brought the laptop in to Apple as it wasn't booting up and the Genius was surprised to see it had AppleCare+. He said he didn't realize it was possible and said I uncovered a loophole by buying a refurb machine and getting AppleCare+ on a machine that was sold before AppleCare+ was offered.
GGD wrote:
What sort of coverage did you wind up with? The old standard AppleCare coverage (without accidental damage incidents), or the new AppleCare+ coverage?
Using Apple's terminology, a 7 year old product from 2012 would be considered Vintage, and unsupported. Glad that they honored it.