Warranties

In my mind, when it comes to electronics and warranties...
it's all a roll of the dice.

In my previous line of work, I dealt with high end electronic equipment. And although the utmost care was put into making sure everything met quality requirements and all the electro-static preventions were in place... sometimes you just can't help it when those little green boards decide to go kaput. Or when the compartments in batteries decide to melt and cause your laptops to catch on fire. No, my laptop didn't catch on fire... but the battery went kaput!

I think it was a day ago... that without warning... my MacBook Pro suddenly turned all the way off. I thought to myself... "Hmmm self, did you miss the little 10 minute warning that Mac OS X gives you?" This isn't that rare of thing... to just dismiss the warning and keep on working... only to have the computer shut itself down in 10 minutes. I didn't think to much of it... until it happened again. Then I set the trap... I only charged the computer slightly and went to work again. This time I kept an eye on the battery meter... and sure enough... with 45 mins left on the meter... zoink. Black screen and apparently no battery life.

So this morning, I went down to The Mac Mechanic here in SB and told them all about my problems. Taking my word for it... the technician took out the battery... checked my warranty... and said I'd have a new one by tomorrow!
Now here's where I feel like I beat the odds with my warranty. This could have just as easily happened in another month or so... when my warranty would have been expired. But this time "the player takes the house!" I'm getting a newer battery after having used this one for almost a year. Meanwhile, I'm content to work on my desktop until my laptop is whole again.

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Anybody else have any good (or not so good) warranty stories?
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