Just last month I finally sold my 15" MBP (early 2011) for $500 after whining on reddit, and having no chance of repair, except the apple auth. guy said, I need to change motherboard.
I wish I had not sold it. :/ because for $500 I could only get the HP pavilion :/ as a replacement., you know that alone is the most terrible fact about this whole episode. that Had to use a HP lappy. :/
If I were apple CEO, I would be sending a personally signed, apologizing note to each of these customers, with a bag carrying a new MBP.
In my case it took 45% of my fortune to buy that machine. :/
I had the same exact model, except I bought mine Refurb'd from Apple with Applecare so it was going to run out this March. Rather than risk having a brick I sold it on Craigslist for $850. This is after having the logic board and hard-drive replaced twice by Apple a few years earlier.
If you paid Apple, maybe ask for a refund anyway. They have a record of your service/transaction, and it's not like the computer is required, just ID and perhaps a credit card statement or the like.
http://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/2ka0h0/yosemite_cripp...
Also I voted this. http://www.change.org/p/timothy-d-cook-replace-or-fix-all-20...
I wish I had not sold it. :/ because for $500 I could only get the HP pavilion :/ as a replacement., you know that alone is the most terrible fact about this whole episode. that Had to use a HP lappy. :/
If I were apple CEO, I would be sending a personally signed, apologizing note to each of these customers, with a bag carrying a new MBP.
In my case it took 45% of my fortune to buy that machine. :/