The 'safety feature' excuse strikes me as baloney by the way. They could surely just as easily have a little window that popped up saying you're battery's knackered, rather than actually bending the plastic casing of the machine!
----------------- Rob Beattie Freelance writer and book author www.robbeattie.com 07769 902820 Twitter: @robbeattie On 24 April 2014 07:06, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > Last time I took a client’s laptop into the Apple Store, the “genius" > opinion was that the battery swells up naturally at the end of its life as > a safety feature. If it’s not in the warranty period I wouldn’t expect a > free replacement. > > Regards > > Sam > [image: MacAmbulance] [image: > facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/macambulance> [image: > twitter] <http://www.twitter.com/macambulance> [image: > linkedin]<http://uk.linkedin.com/in/macambulance/> MacAmbulance > Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development *Sam Mullen > ACMT* > +44 (0)7747778022 > [email protected] > www.macambulance.co.uk > MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration > number 8466597 > This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in > error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > > On 23 Apr 2014, at 22:10, Rob Beattie <[email protected]> wrote: > > I appear - or rather my MacBook appears - to have developed the swollen > battery fault. Anyone had any joy getting the Apple Store to fix this for > free or will I have to buy a new battery? Advice and opinion on the Net > seems contradictory. > > thanks > > Rob > ----------------- > Rob Beattie > Freelance writer and book author > www.robbeattie.com > 07769 902820 > Twitter: @robbeattie > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
