apple icare at koh samui?

[Jonathan99]

I see info from 2015 about official apple repair center - icare at Tesco Lotus Chaweng , can someone please let me know if this is still open? planning to come from koh phangan to get my macbook fix there, thanks in advance!

[huberthammer]

In case you can't get iCare in Samui I would try Doctor Mac just next to Makro in Bohput. The guy does great job at very reasonable prices. He sorted my airbook twice for different things and a few friends had similar positive experiences. Obviously no help if you are still under warranty.

 

https://goo.gl/maps/fCSroBrxypk

(might be best to give him a call as there was talk about him moving the shop just on the other side of his current location)

 

 

[Jonathan99]

46 minutes ago, huberthammer said:

In case you can't get iCare in Samui I would try Doctor Mac just next to Makro in Bohput. The guy does great job at very reasonable prices. He sorted my airbook twice for different things and a few friends had similar positive experiences. Obviously no help if you are still under warranty.

 

https://goo.gl/maps/fCSroBrxypk

(might be best to give him a call as there was talk about him moving the shop just on the other side of his current location)

 

 

thanks but my mac is still under apple warranty so i would like to go an official apple repair center 

[SamuiGeezer]

The Apple shop is open at Tesco Lotus complex Chaweng but has moved inside recently. The icare shop was next to it and was closed a while ago. Not sure if you can repairs done via the Apple shop, you'd have to pop in and ask.

[Tchooptip]

No more Apple care in Samui, the nearest is  in Surat Thani

Tel:06 4302 2878... address in case you would like to have a look on Google map: 88 Moo 10 Watpradu Muang  Surat Thani 84000,

a few years ago we had to go to Nakhon Si Thammarat, in fact in Koh Samui it almost never works

But you must know everything is sent to Singapore, I had a battery changed on a Mac Book Pro, an Ipad with a problem and another Mac Book Pro who went to the same hospital so unless very recent change I should not be wrong.

[wilcopops]

older Macs ca be repaired by Doctor Mac.

There is a Mac/iphone shop INSIDE the Tesco complex at Chaweng - how much they can undertake is questionable.

The French guy who used to fix Macs has been reported - due to a dissatisfied customer who grassed him up to immigration.

 

New Macs are a big problem as their "unified" construction makes it more and more difficult to replace individual parts.

[ethetheth]

There is no official Apple Care in Samui. You need to find someone in Bangkok (I can recommend a few contacts) and send it to them (who would then give it over to the certified apple care shop). Shipping to Bangkok is incredibly easy - either Kerry Express (1-2 days), or directly through the cargo terminal in the airport (costs 100 baht and can be picked up in Bangkok in 4 hours).