Apple to issue refunds for PowerBook, iBook replacement power adapters

Posted by Tom Krazit

If you bought a replacement power adapter for one of Apple's PowerBook and iBook notebooks--and you managed to hang onto the receipt for all these years--you'll soon be eligible for a refund.

Bloomberg notes that Apple has settled a lawsuit filed in 2001 over the tendency of power adapters sold with PowerBooks and iBooks to spark or overheat. Apple recalled some power adapters in 2001, but some customers felt the company didn't come clean about the full extent of the problems.

Cash refunds of between $25 and $79 will be issued by Apple to owners who bought a replacement adapter when their original one failed. The settlement still has to be finalized, and details of how to claim your refund will probably be released after a final hearing in September.

Topics:: Mac

Tags:: Apple,; PowerBook,; iBook,; power adapters

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by gary_7vn May 9, 2008 10:35 AM PDT: Wow this about time, I was the guy who got the 3 year warranty extension on the iBook faulty logic boards back in 03, with help from my friend Michael at blackcider.com. Read the whole story at www.eyestir.com.; Reply to this comment


by gary_7vn May 9, 2008 10:41 AM PDT: I forgot to add that I will take advantage of this too, as shortly after Apple fixed my iBook (for free) my adapter died and I had to buy a new one. The machine itself is dead again as the replacement logic board failed and I was too disgusted to get it fixed - again.; Reply to this comment


by johnalphonse May 12, 2008 2:54 PM PDT: So, if your original adapter failed it didn't get replaced for free? Just a refund on a re-buy? That's weird.; Reply to this comment

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