Apple Offering 30Day MoneyBack on Mac Mini

sunilramansunilraman
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
link:

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL...mily=testdrive





We?re so confident you?ll love your new Mac mini, we?ll let you test drive it for 30 days with no risk. If you decide you don?t want it, we?ll take it back. Here?s how the test drive works:



Purchase a new Mac mini from the Apple Store online. You can also get an Apple keyboard and mouse, such as our new Mighty Mouse.

Set it up and start enjoying it.

If you don't love it, call us within 30 days of your order and we'll arrange for you to return your system ? including the Apple keyboard and mouse ? for a full refund.

If you have any more questions, call our Mac specialists at 1-800-MY-APPLE.



Hurry ? this test drive ends on October 31, 2005.
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  • Reply 1 of 21
    sunilramansunilraman Posts: 8,133member
    Note that the refund includes the apple keyboard and mighty mouse or other apple mouse if you buy it together with the mac mini...
  • Reply 2 of 21
    progmacprogmac Posts: 1,850member
    is apple covering all the shipping costs too? i imagine they are since it is pretty light and small. but yeah, good idea, go apple!
  • Reply 3 of 21
    sunilramansunilraman Posts: 8,133member
    Shipping -from- Apple is covered, but not shipping -back- to Apple. The terms and conditions are quite "friendly" though, in terms of explicitly saying, there is NO restocking fee, money will be refunded or you can exchange, and they advise how to insure and track your return package, including advising -against- using USPS.



    edit: note specific models of keyboard, mouse, and NON-CUSTOMIZED Mac mini



    Terms & Conditions



    If you make your purchase between August 30, 2005, and October 31, 2005, Apple will allow you to evaluate any combination of a Mac Mini, a keyboard and a mouse under its ?Test Drive? program, subject to Apple?s standard Sales and Refunds Policy and the Return & Refund Policy below:



    RETURN & REFUND POLICY If you are not satisfied with your online purchase of a preconfigured (non-customized) Mac mini (model nos. M9686LL/B, M9687LL/B, and M9971LL/B only) and any Apple keyboard (model nos. M9034LL/A and M9270LL/A) or mouse (model nos. MA086LL/A and M9269Z/A) you purchase at the same time, please call 1-800-676-2775 for a Return Material Authorization (RMA) request within 30 calendar days after you receive your products. Please have your web order number and your products? serial numbers available for the Apple operator, as you will need them to request an RMA. If you return your products in their original, unmarked packaging, including any accessories, manuals, documentation, and registration cards that shipped with them, we will exchange your products or offer you a refund based on your original method of payment. The Mac mini may not be returned if the UPC has been removed from the box. You must return your products to the Apple warehouse within 14 calendar days of the issuance of the RMA or the RMA will expire. Apple will refuse any returns unaccompanied by a valid RMA. Apple will not charge a restocking fee.



    NOTE: Apple recommends that you (1) use a carrier that offers shipment tracking for all returns and (2) either insure your package for safe return to Apple or declare the full value of the shipment so that you are completely protected if the shipment is lost or damaged in transit. If you choose not to (1) use a carrier that offers tracking and (2) insure or declare the full value of the product, you will be responsible for any loss or damage to the product during shipping. Please note that the United States Postal Service (USPS) offers limited tracking capabilities and that there is a 30-calendar-day waiting period before the USPS will initiate a trace.



    This Return & Refund Policy will only apply to one Mac mini, one Apple keyboard, and one Apple mouse, even if purchased with other items on the same web order. Apple?s standard Return & Refund Policy will apply to those other items.
  • Reply 4 of 21
    sunilramansunilraman Posts: 8,133member
    Originally posted by progmac

    .... but yeah, good idea, go apple! ....



    with 512mb standard and hopefully with 10.4.2 (as opposed to 10.4.0) shipping with it, perfect timing now to keep strong movement on the G4 chips / Mac Minis before christmas madness season in November.... then Macintel Minis in Jan 2006



    PS. i miss Mole Sauce good mole sauce is really probably nowhere within 6000 miles of where i am living right now
  • Reply 5 of 21
    thinkingdifferentthinkingdifferent Posts: 1,604member
    I wonder if they would honor this at the retail stores.
  • Reply 6 of 21
    thereubsterthereubster Posts: 402member
    And now they have pulled it.... Way to go Apple, right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing...

    Wouldn't want to be working for Apple marketing right about now, dont look good to launch a major new promo then pull it less than 24hrs later.....
  • Reply 7 of 21
    thinkingdifferentthinkingdifferent Posts: 1,604member
    I wonder if somebody goofed and released this info too early.
  • Reply 8 of 21
    sunilramansunilraman Posts: 8,133member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Thereubster

    And now they have pulled it.... Way to go Apple, right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing...

    Wouldn't want to be working for Apple marketing right about now, dont look good to launch a major new promo then pull it less than 24hrs later.....





    eh? what teh hell happened
  • Reply 9 of 21
    beigeuserbeigeuser Posts: 371member
    My guess is that Steve wanted to announce it in his keynote but someone posted it on the website too early.
  • Reply 10 of 21
    ibook911ibook911 Posts: 607member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by BeigeUser

    My guess is that Steve wanted to announce it in his keynote but someone posted it on the website too early.



    That might be a good guess. It was running through October 31, for a first time thing 2 months was a long time to run such a promotion. Maybe we will see it back someday.
  • Reply 11 of 21
    sunilramansunilraman Posts: 8,133member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by BeigeUser

    My guess is that Steve wanted to announce it in his keynote but someone posted it on the website too early.



    man... must be high pressure working in the apple.com web team the big S coming down to your floor and he's all like, ok, you guys have been doing well this year, however i will have to ask, like, who FUCKED UP OUR BIG MARKETING PLAN ????!



    ...whoever it is will be getting 20+ lashes with the MightyMouse cord (that's the real reason why they didn't make a wireless version)
  • Reply 12 of 21
    matthew yohematthew yohe Posts: 310member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by sunilraman

    man... must be high pressure working in the apple.com web team the big S coming down to your floor and he's all like, ok, you guys have been doing well this year, however i will have to ask, like, who FUCKED UP OUR BIG MARKETING PLAN ????!



    ...whoever it is will be getting 20+ lashes with the MightyMouse cord (that's the real reason why they didn't make a wireless version)



    Nahh.. he just comes down and publically asks the developers if they are virgins.
  • Reply 13 of 21
    sunilramansunilraman Posts: 8,133member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Matthew Yohe

    Nahh.. he just comes down and publically asks the developers if they are virgins.



    ouch..!
  • Reply 14 of 21
    xoolxool Posts: 2,460member
    Compared to the premature G5 specs, this is nothing.
  • Reply 15 of 21
    thinkingdifferentthinkingdifferent Posts: 1,604member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Xool

    Compared to the premature G5 specs, this is nothing.



    Didn't ATI leak some info once?
  • Reply 16 of 21
    thinkingdifferentthinkingdifferent Posts: 1,604member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Matthew Yohe

    Nahh.. he just comes down and publically asks the developers if they are virgins.



    "No sir, I met your wife last night."
  • Reply 17 of 21
    lundylundy Posts: 4,466member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ThinkingDifferent

    Didn't ATI leak some info once?



    Yes they did - they were advertising their new card and "inadvertently" mentioned an unannounced Apple product.



    As Apple always says about unannounced products, "Apple does not comment on unannounced products."



    Jobs cancelled all ATI cards immediately and replaced them with nVidia.
  • Reply 18 of 21
    thinkingdifferentthinkingdifferent Posts: 1,604member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by lundy

    Yes they did - they were advertising their new card and "inadvertently" mentioned an unannounced Apple product.



    As Apple always says about unannounced products, "Apple does not comment on unannounced products."



    Jobs cancelled all ATI cards immediately and replaced them with nVidia.



    Not all ATI cards were replaced. The 15" and 17" PB still have them.
  • Reply 19 of 21
    cj171cj171 Posts: 144member
    huh? almost every current mac model is sporting an ati chipset/card...
  • Reply 20 of 21
    sunilramansunilraman Posts: 8,133member
    yes, all is forgiven now in the interests of profits. ati, nvidia, whatever puts out the most for apple... past sins washed clean.... a 6600gt 256mb in the next imac g5 might be nice... its hot though.
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