topic Re: MACBOOK AIR in Electronics

MACBOOK AIR

Cats3000 — Sat, 05 Dec 2020 21:12:10 GMT

Be careful. The MacBook Air products being offered on the "Q" are the old models with the Intel Chip. The new ones have the Apple (M1) Chip and were just introduced.

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January121 — Sat, 05 Dec 2020 21:41:29 GMT

@Cats3000 wrote:
Be careful. The MacBook Air products being offered on the "Q" are the old models with the Intel Chip. The new ones have the Apple (M1) Chip and were just introduced.

@Cats3000 .... THANKS for the info!!!! 😃

Re: MACBOOK AIR

ritasNo1Fan — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 01:06:24 GMT

HSN also had a presentation of the INTEL MacBook Air today for $999. Best Buy currently is selling the older MACBOOK AIR for $850.

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AngelPuppy1 — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 10:34:52 GMT

@Cats3000

I am not savy about technology but want to ask you a question about this. So, the only way to get a current model of this product is to order it from the Apple site or go to an Apple store? I love Apple products even though they are pretty expensive. I guess you get a cheaper price when the older models are sold? I bought DH an Ipad from the Q awhile back and it was a great price but it probably was an older model. Thank you!

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MG Chris — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 10:54:07 GMT

Another good option is open box at Best Buy. We have purchased several open box Mac products and have never been burned.

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Cats3000 — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 11:08:56 GMT

@AngelPuppy1 Apple has "Autorized Resellers" for their products. Best Buy is one, there are others. You can find an "Authorized Reseller" in your area on the Apple website by scrolling down to the bottom and clicking on the link.

As for "Open Box" products at Best Buy, the name sounds like returned items or refurbished items rather than new items. I'd be very hesitant to purchase. If I wanted a refurbished Apple product, I'd go to the Apple website and check there. I'd trust their refurbishing process over others.

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AngelPuppy1 — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 11:07:30 GMT

@Cats3000

Thnk you! I appreciate the info!

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Boehm Collector — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 16:03:44 GMT

QVC tends to always sell older models at miraculously high prices. They try to justify the cost by including useless accessories or accessories that are extremely inexpensive. I would never purchase any electronics from QVC. I just ordered two new MacBook Airs (one for my DH and one for myself) with the new M1 Chip. Mine is an upgraded one with 16GB unified memory
512GB SSD storage for $1449. My DH's has 8GB unified memory 256GB SSD storage for $999.00.

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gardenman — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 14:27:40 GMT

@Cats3000 wrote:
@AngelPuppy1 Apple has "Autorized Resellers" for their products. Best Buy is one, there are others. You can find an "Authorized Reseller" in your area on the Apple website by scrolling down to the bottom and clicking on the link.

As for "Open Box" products at Best Buy, the name sounds like returned items or refurbished items rather than new items. I'd be very hesitant to purchase. If I wanted a refurbished Apple product, I'd go to the Apple website and check there. I'd trust their refurbishing process over others.

"Open-Box" products can be any product that's been returned to Best Buy (or other retailers) even if unopened and in perfect condition. The retailers will typically open a returned item to be sure it wasn't opened, damaged, had parts removed, etc. and then once they verify it's still perfectly good and normal, they'll sell it as an "Open Box" product. You can save a lot of money by buying an "Open Box" item and they typically come with the full original warranty. You can buy the same shrink wrap plastic the original manufacturer used to reseal a product that you've tampered with, so even seemingly "factory-sealed" items often need to be checked.

There are endless scams run by the less ethical elements of society, and retailers have to be on the ball to catch up with them. One example is buying a new laptop computer and then putting the old, used laptop in the box that the new laptop came in and returning it to the store for a refund. If the store doesn't check what's in the box they can end up giving the customer a free new computer. Pay $700 for a new computer, box up your old computer in the box the new computer came in, return it to the store for a refund and you get back your $700 and keep the new computer while the store is stuck with your old one. Unless they check serial numbers (typically printed on both the box and computer) this scam can work.

Stores can get destroyed pretty quickly if they're not on the ball. There are even bands of thieves who travel from state to state pulling scams. Stores with self-checkouts like Walmart, Target, BJ's, and the like are especially prone to thievery. Unethical "shoppers" will scan the UPC code of a cheaper product (laptop, HDTV, even videogames, etc.) and then print out a sticker with that UPC code on it and paste it over the real UPC code on whatever they're buying. They'll scan the fake UPC code and get their receipt and head for the door, underpaying the store by what could be hundreds or thousands of dollars. Even the clerk at the door, if there is one, will often merely check to see that the product being purchased is more or less on the receipt. If they see a 65" Samsung HDTV (the lower end ones sell for under $500 these days while their higher-end ones can sell for over $2,500, they often assume it's the right one and let the customer go through. If the scam works, they get a $2,500 HDTV for under $500 and can resell it to someone else for lots more than they paid.

"Open-Box" just means that the item left the store at some point and came back. They've opened it up, checked it out, and verified that it's as good as new and everything that's supposed to be there is truly there. You're generally very safe buying "Open-Box" items as long as you're buying them from a reputable vendor. In many cases, the item was never even opened by the original purchaser.

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Nuttmeg — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 16:57:27 GMT

@MG Chris wrote:
Another good option is open box at Best Buy. We have purchased several open box Mac products and have never been burned.

@AngelPuppy1

My nephew has a MacBook Pro. He bought it open box from Best Buy about 5 years ago.

I bought a open box Chromebook for my grand-niece in September from Best Buy online.

I ordered it on a Friday morning and it came in time for "school" on Monday.

AngelPuppy1, Best Buy has a very good grading system for Open box items, and Apple makes quality products.

The Lenovo Chromebook came with a one year manufacturer warranty and came in a Best Buy security box with a new cable, plug and book.

AngelPuppy1, I only buy Apple tablets from Amazon or the company. Why, I want a 30 day return.

During this pandemic many items are in short supply and Best Buy and Amazon maybe the only retailers with inventory.

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AngelPuppy1 — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 09:41:05 GMT

@Nuttmeg

Thank you for your info --- much appreciated!

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mdmc — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 19:41:33 GMT

YES! I bought the new one from Apple with the M! chip. This machine is amazing. I upgraded from a 2012 Macbook Pro. The base model on this from Apple is $999 and should handle all your needs (Unless you are a gamer)