To quickly recap, I bought a new PowerBook a couple of weeks ago and was unable to purchase an extended warranty. The Apple store blamed it on Florida laws. So I wrote to one of my state representatives. Here is his response:
"Dear Ryan: The extended warranty laws in Florida do require some higher standards than other states but it certainly doesn't keep most companies from continuing to sell the products. As you said, Best Buy and Circuit City routinely offer their extended warranties so it surprises me that Apple would not. However, this is certainly their prerogative since this is a free country. You may be able to buy an extended warranty from another company-- I just went to google and did a search and this is the first one I came to that says you don't have to buy the product from them. http://www.smartwareetc.com/extended-warranties-laptop.html I didn't see an exclusion from selling in Florida either. I am sorry for your inconvenience but I don't believe that the answer is to curb the protections that were put into place for our citizens. If all the companies were taking that position, I would be concerned but I respect their business decision not to sell the product. Let me know if you have trouble finding another company to write the extended warranty for you and I will look into this further. Thanks, Rep. John K. Stargel District 64" After thinking about it, I think he has a point. No other companies seem to have problems offering extended warranties in Florida. I believe if I would have bought my laptop from CompUSA, they would have sold me a warranty. Why can't Apple? Why do they choose not to? Does anyone know how to get through to Apple to get a real answer? My brother just bought a dual G5 over the phone from Apple and tried to buy a warranty but of course they wouldn't sell it to him. When he asked why not, once again they just said because of the laws in Florida, but couldn't give him a straight answer about what particular part of the law makes it too hard for Apple but everyone else seems to have no problems. BTW - I checked the link that the representative sent me but I would have had to buy the warranty within 10 days of purchasing the computer. Ryan Lee -------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
