Send damaged MacBook in Europe/USA

[bagrov]

Hello there!

Perhaps someone here had similar experience.

Thanks to the weather here in Thailand, my MacBook Pro is now dead (needs Logic Board replacement).

I'd like to sell it via eBay to someone who knows how to fix it because apparently for me it's easier to buy a new one.

The only question in the shipping.

Couple of days ago I went to a Mail Boxes ETC and I was shocked by the price: 5,000 Baht to send it to Estonia and 5900 to Germany. They say that all electronics that has battery in it can only be sent with FedEx.

Thailand Post online shipping calculator shows very "tasty" price for express delivery.

Can I send the laptop with Thailand Post, or they won't take it?

Do I or the recipient need to pay any taxes?

Once again, it is broken laptop.

Thank you in advance.

[Crossy]

You could sell it without the battery, save some weight although I don't know how Thai Post would react, it's still a laptop, they may have fixed rules.

Receiver would be due to pay any taxes imposed by their incoming customs (mark it as a gift of no commercial value).

May be best to consign it to the bin

[BKKdreaming]

How old is it and What is it worth fixed ?

if it is not too old it might be worth selling here

[bagrov]

How old is it and What is it worth fixed ?

if it is not too old it might be worth selling here

It's 13'' MacBook Pro Retina 2013 with 4 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD and 2,4 GHZ i5 processor.

Yesterday I asked a guy at iServe (official Apple service), he said it would cost 20000 Baht.

I know for sure that people in Europe and USA would make it work for 200-300 Euros.

As an example: http://www.ebay.com/itm/MacBook-Pro-A1502-13-Retina-ME864LL-A-ME866LL-A-Logic-Board-Repair-Service-/231417805056?hash=item35e1937900:m:meecH6APBro41jvKiavyG3A

Edited December 26, 2015 by bagrov

[JohnnyJazz]

Don't trust Apple. I had a MacBook that was declared worthless by them. I took it to the small repair shop in the 5th floor carpark in Fortune. The guy ran a couple of tests then asked me to come back two hours later. It was one year ago, never had an other problem since. I'm actually typing this post on it.

[bagrov]

Don't trust Apple. I had a MacBook that was declared worthless by them. I took it to the small repair shop in the 5th floor carpark in Fortune. The guy ran a couple of tests then asked me to come back two hours later. It was one year ago, never had an other problem since. I'm actually typing this post on it.

The guy actually showed me the photo from the board.

But maybe you're right and I should give it a try. I'll go to MBK first, I saw they repair MacBooks there.

If they won't help me there, I'll try to go to Pantip Plaza, and if I won't have any luck there either, then I'll go to Fortune, cause it's pretty far away from where I stay.

Edited December 26, 2015 by bagrov

[DogNo1]

I'd recommend going to Phantip first. There are good Mac specialist repair shops there. If they can't fix it, I doubt that anyone at MBK or Fortune could either.

[bagrov]

The problem is that everybody says different things. I'll try all of those shops and by the way yesterday I got a call from the guy who works in that kind of shop and he named repair price 8,000-10,000 Baht that is more than 2 times less than what iServe said.

[Guest]

The repair price sounds right. I had my MBA motherboard fixed some time ago for 8.000 baht (in Phuket).

[Digitalbanana]

Back in 2012 I sent a broken laptop to the USA via Fedex. I don't recall any import taxes but I bought the laptop in USA however one has to have all the correct radio transmitter equipment support documents enclosed or it just gets stuck in US customs for ever. Fedex were very helpful in me getting by this.

[bagrov]

Back in 2012 I sent a broken laptop to the USA via Fedex. I don't recall any import taxes but I bought the laptop in USA however one has to have all the correct radio transmitter equipment support documents enclosed or it just gets stuck in US customs for ever. Fedex were very helpful in me getting by this.

That's too much pain in the ass.

The repair price sounds right. I had my MBA motherboard fixed some time ago for 8.000 baht (in Phuket).

Heading to the Mall now. Hope to fix my electric friend.

Edited December 27, 2015 by bagrov

[sniffdog]

I always had good experience with Global Solutions in Pantip. Though I dont know if they still operate.

[bagrov]

I cannot believe what just happened.

So according to a iServe in Central World the Logic Board was dead. He tried all possible combinations to turn it on, I tried that too. It didn't turn on.

So I went to this Phoenix Service in Fortune Town (4th Floor) because another shop was closed for the Holidays.

He just connected some device (he said it was HD with another OS X) but he didn't even boot up from it brcause he pressed the key to do it too late. It just turned on. I don't know ehat the hell was that. I tried to restart it, shut down and turn on again, close the display and it' still working.

He didn't ask anything from me by the way.

Also he said it could be battery problem. But I don't know, it didn't work for whole 3 days.

[RichCor]

Could have been a battery or some 'state' issue, similar to what's discussed on this blog/article entry:

How to reset SMC & PRAM and fix 99% of Mac problems

TrendBlog.net | By Daniel Bulygin | October 20, 2015

Whenever I come across a PC of any type that won't boot, or turn on, I start by disconnecting accessible parts to see if one is creating a 'state' or a 'short' condition preventing the CPU from running. Seems by plugging in another external device it corrected a 'state' that was preventing it from turning on. (The power button is a 'request', not an actual power switch).