The Chatstack Mac App is an add-on designed specifically for customers using Mac OS X. The application allows to you chat with your customers from your MacBook Air, MacBook Pro or iMac. AppleCare+ for Mac. Buy AppleCare+ within the first 60 days of purchasing your new Mac. You get up to 3 years of accidental damage coverage and 24/7 expert technical support from Apple, the people who know your Mac best.
Apple is planning to institute fees for users that are seeking online chat support for out-of-warranty products, reports. The company has reportedly been working on a new web payment system that includes a paid chat support feature as well as a function allowing customers to schedule product repairs and replacements. Currently, customers can use Apple Support's online chat feature at no cost to receive technical support on out-of-warranty products that are not covered by AppleCare, but the new rules would bring chat support under the same umbrella as Apple's phone support, which does carry fees for products with expired warranty periods.
All of Apple's products receive 90 days of phone support at purchase, which can be extended to three years with AppleCare. Customers seeking for out-of-warranty products must pay a fee between $29 and $49. A similar fee of $19 will be required for chat support going forward, though users will be able to request an exception to the fee. Apple has also developed a system that will allow customers to make payments via its support website, and that system will be used to set up hardware repairs and replacements via chat. Using the new web payment system, we're told Apple plans to offer the ability to set up hardware repairs via chat that require a hold on a credit card or pay per incident fee.
Rather than having to call in, users will be sent a link that's live for 24 hours in order to complete the payment.Chat fees reportedly began appearing in August following Apple's that introduced 24/7 live chat, but thus far, employees have been instructed to grant exceptions on all support requests up to the official launch of the paid service. Apple's new chat support policies may go into effect as soon as next week, but the company will reportedly be waiving fees for iCloud issues and accidental damage cases where users are requesting to purchase repair or a replacement via chat. This is just sad. I switched from PC 6 years ago and this was why. Not only did I have non stop issues, but it was always a pain to fix them and it took 2 hours on the phone and $100.
I remember when I first had an issue with Apple. I called, said my issue and a person answers quickly and resolved my issue in minutes. The last time I called I had to get through 6 different phone screens to find out they couldn't even answer a simple question until I gave them money. More and more like Dell/MS every day. I never thought I'd see Apple stoop so low, as to start making money off support. We pay a HUGE Apple Tax when we buy products, and for the longest time, I've told people yeah, but you're buying great support, great service.
Now I can't say that any longer. Did support really hurt their bottom line? Is charging the most feeble users amongst us going to help the bottom line? I'm paying $2k+ for my MacBook Pros. I'd hope that if I need some chat support +1 days out of the.additional.
$349.00 I paid for two additional years of warranty, that they could see to not charging me yet again.
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