I’ll be frank. We buy our AppleCare’s at auction in the UK. Some open, some not. Naturally, we take a flyer on the opened ones but check with Apple to see if they have previously been registered and, by and large, they haven’t.

I am searching for information on counterfeit AppleCare plans because I am sick to death of sellers located in Japan and USA who are screwing down our profits.

We sell them cheap and feel we have to compete with all these illegal sellers but we send the box out and can provide a valid UK VAT receipt also if requested.

Interestingly, we wasn’t aware of this until only the other week when a German customer told us that he had bought an AppleCare on Ebay which worked for 2 months then he received a phone call from Apple saying that his plan was no longer valid unless he could produce the retail box and registration number to them.

I’m quite sure he won’t be the only one.

I am trying to build up some evidence to force Ebay to remove these sellers of counterfeit products as it only serves to tarnish what would otherwise be a great marketplace.

I am a big Ebay fan as we have a good business going now but we remain wary. It irks me that counterfeiters and other forms of low life can so easily exist with their illegal activities.

The old adage, “You can’t make an honest living!” rings true.

I knew I was doing something wrong! Only joking. That’s why we struggle sometimes – we’re too straight and honest.

Apple should not compensate for my action but at least they have a duty of care to close this loopholes but did they? Ebay had a dedicated warning page but have Apple got one?

As an owner of 5 MBP and 2 Mac Pro. I have my right to voice my opinion about Apple’s quality issue.

Next time, buy your AppleCare from an Authorised Apple Reseller.

Apple quality is fine. You screwed up.

In here, i can confirmed that Apple do ask for “proof of purchase” of the APP. Apple have no hestitation in shutting the door at you.

My question is, if Ebay has a dedicated page about APP scam., wouldn’t Apple have a duty of care to inform us? In my opinion, Apple had failed to do anything, despite knowing such a loophole exist.

The bottom end is, I have no more confident in Apple quality.

Another fact: you sound like a scammer.

Another user said above that they called Apple, and the Apple representative said that codes cannot be found this way, and that anyone scamming would have to have access to their system.

Don’t you think Apple would notice someone trying multiple incorrect AppleCare codes at once, enough to gain a list of codes to sell? Don’t you think Apple would take their IP and track them down?

Apple has confirmed that as long as the code registers, it is fine in their system. Sometimes they randomly ask for receipts/serial numbers to verify a purchase, but it doesn’t happen every time.

Stop scaring people with your nonsense that you can look at an AppleCare code, recognize a pattern, and crack it. What a joke.

1. Go to Link to get in the register page and because the code is random by a certain pattern. So, the eBay sellers can use the codes with unfinished register process to provide them to eBay customers. Moreover, the site lets people try to put the codes as many time as they like. As a result, you will get one that it will be recognized by code available sign.

2. After registering the code, anyways Apple website automatically send the confirm e-mail to customers who registered the codes without checking code valid.

3. Applecare coverage can be checked by the month of expiration date warranty ( Link ) which is very weired.

To find a serial Apple computer serial hardware, those sellers just go to the Apple store and flip Apple computers to get serials, then they have serials for Macbook Pro 15/17, Mac book Air 13, Apple Imac. The serials Apple computer serials use for matching with certain types of Applecare Warranty code.

Since the eBay sellers get Applecare warranty codes for free, they just give money back whenever buyers use invalid codes or question about the boxes and serials. If my scenario is right, those eBay Applecare Warranty sellers get millions in profit without investing a cent.

I’m pretty sure for those eBay sellers who sell Applecare warranty codes without boxes will use this method to get Applecare Warranty codes for all Apple products.

I’m just thinking how much money do app.holdings, isellimac, macman812, geng7892001, coastal_computing, and more and other eBay Applecare Warranty sellers make if they get it for free?

I love Apple!!!!! And hopefully Apple does something to keep this codes safe!!!!

If anyone used common sense it’s obvious that there is no reason to sell ‘codes only’ for a seller – unless it is fraudulent. Apple is relatively lax when it comes to updating security for itunes and applecare codes – really, really stupid

Let’s remember who is getting scammed here – the buyers of AC, not Apple. Apple has no financial reason to track down the fraudulent AC sellers – the only thing they have to do is refuse to cover an item and put the proof of purchase on the individual trying to make the claim.

An individual buying a fraudulent code has only 60 days to make a claim against the code seller (via paypal/ebay). In most cases, the person who was scammed doesn’t discover the scam until long after the claim period.

There is not real proof for those eBay Applecare sellers. They can say whatever they want to. I am just wondering how they drang down $350+tax products to 150$-eBay 10% fees.Even Amazon, a biggest online store, sells Applecare Warranty with boxes and serial codes. Normally electronic products are very high margin cost. Moreover, people only think it is safe to count on eBay sellers’ feedback.

Best Regards
Apple Lover

I’ll bet people are grabbing AppleCare with their employee discounts and reselling them at a profit.