Even the new power adaptors are duds

My Macbook Pro has unfortunately been back to the Apple Trafford Centre on a couple of occasions, its not exactly around the corner either being 108 km away and taking an hour and a half to get there. It went back today to have a faulty power adaptor replaced. In fact the woman in front of me at the Genius (I use the term loosely) bar had the same problem except with a MacBook. She was somehow led to believe that this was her own fault as the genius managed to get it to work and sent here off with her tail between her legs. I'm not having that I thought to myself and settled for a new adaptor "swap out" making it cheaper but still almost 40 quid. When I asked if this had a 12 months warranty I was informed no only 3 months, sadly this was after my credit card had been swiped. regrettably neither I nor the genius thought to check that this new still in it's cellophane adaptor worked. Imagine my surprise when I got back to find that It was worse that the old one I had handed in. I have just got it to work now by trapping the MacBook end of the cable under the adaptor, not ideal but at least I get to vent off a little steam. The moral of this story: they aren't geniuses, trust no one, there's no such thing as a bargain...
This was a new smaller version of the 85w adaptor and all I'm getting is snap and crackle, I'm just waiting for the POP ! I read today that Apple's sales of notebooks have increased by 61% (http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/29/apple-notebook-shipments-skyrocket-61/), better get some more geniuses at that bar Apple, their going to be busy.

if he said the warranty was three months then he's a not even a genius among amoebae
it's a year
even then i've had refunds on apple for product issues 3-4 months outside warranty, the trading standards office and small claims court take the refreshing view that what the law says counts and what apple says doesn't, even if warranty is up that doesn't limit your rights in law
if they sold you a pup, complain and demand refund/replacement (plus reasonable travel costs if you travel, but i'd do it by phone on the service number)
apple can give good service, it can also be dire

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