A U.S. District Judge on Wednesday certified a class action lawsuit alleging that Apple uses “inferior” products when replacing devices through AppleCare. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit, Vicky Maldondo and Joanna McRight, claim that Apple is violating its own AppleCare Terms and Conditions by offering refurbished devices as replacements for new ones. It also notes that the word “refurbished” …
Well, this is kind of a mess. On Thursday, Apple was hit with yet another class action lawsuit, the suit alleging that the company has been replacing damaged devices under AppleCare+ with refurbished units. This isn’t the first suit of its kind in this regard and similar suits have been filed in the past.
Apple has been presented with a class-action lawsuit filed by customers who say the expensive electronics giant replaced their damaged devices with used models. More specifically, the suit [PDF] filed to the Northern California District Court alleges the Cupertino behemoth has been replacing damaged or defective devices with factory-refurbished units that were presented as new. According to the …