Same box/ case #, I've waited as long as 8 months (p.o.s. pbook 12" rev. A). Just kept using my old 15".

so i don't need to worry about calling apple again? i can just send it on in the box the originally sent? thanks for the help.

I kept my box over 3 months, and ended up walk it into an Apple Store when I got back from school, but I seem to remember the Apple guy on the phone telling me that after a month, …

thanks, i'm going to call tomorrow and see what the deal is. it's hard to let it go though.

As another data point, i just sent my 12" in again after waiting a few months with the same box, and it came back 2 days later. No call in or anything. And it looks like it might a…

Nobody else has had their hair straightened by a 90db alert tone from an app?

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