Hi all!
My macbook charger is fraying at the insertion of the cord, I really think it's time to get a new one. The ones on the apple site are ridiculously priced so I was hoping to get a cheaper one. On ebay they seem to be a simple short cord that runs straight from the machine and may not be compatible with the apple macbook extension cord. Does any one know of a good deal?
Thanks!
Hey, ebay have in for $25.65 delivered for the cheapest one. Email me at REMOVED by MOD per OP Request if you think you'll be happy to sell it for cheaper!
Check with Apple, it may be covered under warranty as this is a known issue!
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1713
Also, you may already know this but as you have a MB, not MBP, you only need the 60w unit, not the more expensive 85w for the MBP! ;)
Oh, lol.. I was going to chuck it on eBay for $40-$50 seeing as it's original and it's $99 on the Apple site. Sorry. ^^"
I bought a knockoff Macbook charger from eBay (for about half the price of a genuine) about 2 years ago and it is still going strong. If you don't care about getting an Apple genuine charger, you can always go the eBay or Dealextreme route… I don't know how good the Dealextreme charger is because I don't know anyone who bought one- but its going to be the same Chinese knockoff quality that you get from eBay.
Hi all,
Thanks for your ideas. In case any one has the same problem, I ended up buying one off ebay ($3.19 and $20 for postage). Although it comes with a US plug, you can remove this and clip it onto the extension cord that is supplied with your original apple mac charger. It is pretty cool, with the new L shaped apple plug instead of the dodgy T shaped one which was prone to fray. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200512… I have no affiliation with the seller by the way.
Also, it came really quickly in the post <1 week, pretty fast from HK.
My Macbook Pro got stolen a few months ago but I still have the charger. I can sell it to you if you want. I assume it's the long one is the 'cord, white block thing, cord" one. How much is eBay selling it for?