Off topic but Apple don’t really mind if you buy a new one and then return it after a week once your old one is fixed. Apple support even told my father to do this.
IME Apple will replace an item if they can't fix it after a couple attempts. For example, they tried to fix a laptop of mine and after replacing many internal components, they just provided a replacement.
I would recommend calling AppleCare, asking to speak to a supervisor, and then explaining what's been going on. You might have to try a couple times to get to someone who is sympathetic, but that sure beats waiting for another month and a half!
Pay $550? Why? Apple will do any repair for like $399 (or at least they used to) so long as you didn't mind it being sent out. I guess maybe that answers my question if you needed it back immediately. :)
For future reference, if they botched it the first time, you should call Apple corporate and yell. They messed something up in a repair for my work laptop once and it took one phone call to get a new one immediately. I had to make it clear that it was their fault and I had to have it for work and school, but they were super accommodating (and the new one worked like a charm).
If you bought it less than a month ago there's a pretty good chance that Apple will replace it free of charge (I even got a small refund in one case, when they dropped the price of MacBook Airs at the same time as a hardware refresh).
Interesting, i've always had the experience with Apple that if it was within the 2 week or 30 day(im too lazy to go check) period of having received the device, if there was any issue at all, they'd basically just give you a new one on the spot / take a refund and just buy the exact same model.
Edit: YMMV, i might just have been lucky and been dealt with by a very kind apple employee
They'll replace it for you without complaint, but as an Apple Service Provider tech I can tell you, don't get your hopes up about the upgrade. Apple supplies its providers with parts for machines well after their warranties are all up; for a part like that, that's had problems all across the board, doubly so.
Or just a case of bad hardware from the factory. QC is run by humans and sometimes out of spec (aka busted) hardware makes it out of the factory. Was your replacement covered by Apple care?
Have you actually brought a device to be repaired within the last few years?
They take it in the back to diagnose it, come back with a sad expression and tell you they need to send it in, and you can pick it up in a week. (And that's not even mentioning the fact that most Apple stores are a zoo, and you can easily spend an hour waiting for your 'Genius' appointment)
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