Purchased new macbook pro 13" and missing some parts of ilife

hi, i just bought the macbook pro 13 yesterday in best buy store and overall works fine but missing some parts of ilife software - like imovie, garage band, etc. i do have iphoto. I don't want to pay for this in the app store as should have come with the system, any idea how i get this resolved?

it's ok. There's still a way to get them for free from apple. It appears the prior owner (since it was open box) registered the computer to their Apple ID. If you go to selfsolve.apple.com you can scan them a copy of your receipt and give them the serial number of the machine. Once they log that on their end you can call 800-APL-CARE and have them authorize the machine to be able to download iLife for free.

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