According to two unconfirmed reports from Apple blog 9 to 5 Mac, Apple will be changing two key policies at its Apple Store retail locations. First, the blog reports that Apple plans to do away with its restocking fees beginning tomorrow, January 11th. Currently, Apple charges a 10% restocking fee to customers returning non-defective products purchased purchased from an Apple Store location. Moving forward, according to the report, Apple will no longer require that a fee be paid when returning functional products. 9 to 5 Mac also reports that Apple will soon implement a personal setup service for Mac computers. Despite the simple configuration processes on Macs, Apple Store employees will “help you setup [sic] your e-mail accounts, walk you through the Mac App Store, setup an iTunes account for you, and show you the basic pointers of owning a Mac.” The new configuration assistance policy is also expected to go into effect tomorrow.
Apple Store to eliminate restocking fees, configure new Mac purchases
Updated Dec 19th, 2018 6:59PM EST
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