Reason number 627,298,182 why I don't buy Apple products. Either way, I have your solution. Obviously, you guys aren't based in California, sorry, but we all know you have friends who are. Send it to Steve at GN or Jayz & have them get it repaired at your cost. It would make great video for their channel as well as yours. Why California?
California Civil Code Section 1793.03
(b) Every manufacturer making an express warranty with respect to an electronic or appliance product described in subdivision (h), (i), (j), or (k) of Section 9801 of the Business and Professions Code, with a wholesale price to the retailer of one hundred dollars ($100) or more, shall make available to service and repair facilities sufficient service literature and functional parts to effect the repair of a product for at least seven years after the date a product model or type was manufactured, regardless of whether the seven-year period exceeds the warranty period for the product
Have your credit card company take care of it. Bring the product back to Apple (with all the packaging), leave it with them, and then have the charge reversed on your credit card. BAM
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